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Used to name the inherited family and class advantages that make meritocracy less earned than it appears.
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birth lottery
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...chances to people who were not born who didn't win the birth lottery and also you could say"
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A student defends meritocracy by saying it can give opportunity to people who did not win the birth lottery, but Jiang answers that this is the theory people have been taught.
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A student says contemporary meritocracy remains shaped by aristocratic inheritance because socioeconomic status strongly shapes academic outcomes, even when people believe they earned everything through hard work.
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"...chances to people who were not born who didn't win the birth lottery and also you could say"
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"it has high efficiency yes yes that that that's what you what you were taught"
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"...you didn't know that your parents actually also gave you the birth lottery."
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"...I am. Like, you go to Yale. Like, you win the lottery. And you decide, you know what? I'm going to just throw it..."
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"...income but not to the extent where it's like winning a lottery and it traumatizes me and it blinds me from from my true"
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"...randomness. Things happen for no particular reason. If you win the lottery, that's great, okay? But if you lose all your wealth, that's just..."
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"...it, Christianity is appealing because what it is, it's a free lottery ticket. Okay, does that make sense? It's a lottery ticket. It costs..."
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"...the same, okay? So, again, back then, it was a free lottery ticket. Today, we live in something called the Pax Americana. And the..."
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"...world we live in. That's exactly right. Christianity is a free lottery ticket. It costs you nothing, and if you win, you win big,..."
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