[ExI] Social right to have a living

[Stefano Vaj]

On 30 May 2011 21:33, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/5/30 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
>> And the head of a very minimal Jewish sect managed to found one of the most
>> widespread religion in the world and be adored for centuries as a living
>> god. Yes, it may happen, but anecdotical evidence in social sciences is
>> exactly what obfuscates, rather than clarify, what actually happens.
>
> But this is just a random guy I ran into last week.

So was JC for anybody having met him in the street... :-)

See under the "black swan" or "the man who bit the dog" file...

> My point is, that you can't help Africa by sending them even half of
> our money.

No doubt about it.


>> Actually, beauty, physical performances, risk propension, leadership (as in
>> organising revolutions and becoming king...) and sheer luck usually play a
>> much greater role, even though by no mean they can be considered on the same
>> level as pre-existing money in determining one's wealth.
>
> I don't know what you mean by physical performances.

As in "sport star" (or for that matter "virtuoso in something"
"wonderful lover", "show biz sensation", "street fighter").

> Risk aversion keeps a lot of people poor.

As it keeps them alive, or much less poor than they could be. OTOH,
once in a while somebody amongst those who are risk-propense succeeds
to an extent which he would be otherwise barred from.

But my real point is: it is a well-descripted sociological phenomenon
that most western people have a concept of upward social mobility in
their respective societies which is qualitatively and quantitatively
delusional in comparison with hard data.

Moreover, a declining social mobility, which is the invariable mark of
decadence, is in Europe quite certainly in place. Even in Russia.

-- 
Stefano Vaj