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kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

But the best approach to try to in capitalism would be to provide equal opportunities to everyone and promoting a society where this concept is considered a virtue,

The point is that you can’t do that. If you don’t intentionally try to correct for past (and current) societal discrimination, you’re effectively reducing or outright eliminating opportunities for people with certain kinds of marginalization.

By the way, this isn’t a discussion about compensation and overcompensation anymore. While compensation can be compared to E. o. Opportunity under those aspects, overcompensation can not be compared to E. o. Outcome in the same manner. The topic moved into a way more economic territitory than my initial statement intended to cover.

The whole reason for there to be any compensation (regardless of whether you think it’s too much) is economic. If not for the economics, sure, it would be a lot less important to actively combat these disadvantages rather than letting them work themselves out over time, but capitalism ensures that they not only won’t solve themselves, they’ll self-propagate and become worse with time.

Edit: Btw, appreciate talking to you :)

Likewise. I had a mindset very similar to the one you seem to at one point, so it’s been interesting trying to articulate the thoughts that changed my mind.

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