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Comment by arkh

There are two extreme ways to remove the inheritance problem. One would be to forfeit personal property: you can't give what you don't own. The other would be to remove the concept of family: when born you are placed in a communal system to be raised by professionals. People start with the same chances, the same level of social knowledge, network and vocabulary, you almost get to a pure meritocratic society (there are still those pesky genes).

Let's not imagine the unwanted effects and just bask in the idea of those kind of perfect societies.

parent arkh 9 years ago

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