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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Fair enough. 
  
 However, doesn't inheritance compromise equality of opportunity, and therefore meritocracy? If you are born with wealth and property, wouldn't that mean you get a better chance to be succesful than someone who is born with nothing? Wouldn't their baseline be higher?

gpt
That is an egalitarian point of view, I don't subscribe to that. In my view, all that is required for a meritocracy to exist is the absence of an entity taking away your property or rights. If someone has more property than you, that is not your concern. I don't believe in forced equality. As long as no one is infringing on your rights, to each their own and live and let live.