I say you set up a system where a large number of people are poor by design, you can't blame those that end up poor. You blame the system and the people implementing it.
I agree. Yang says it pretty well. The US is a near winner-take-all capitalism. It only awards and invests in people at or near the top.
Can you make it from bottom to top? Sure! But it is very unlikely, and not really something the US system is designed for. If you go from rags to riches in the US it is in spite of the system and not because of it.
Disclosure:
I live in a capitalistic society with government paid education, health care and child care. My parents are low-wage workers and in the US, they would definitely not have afforded an education for me. Here, I got a high quality masters degree paid by society _because it is a great investment_!
I will gladly pay every penny and more back into society, so that many others, like me, can have the same opportunities as me in spite of their parents income.
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Gives a nice tummy feel but does nothing good for society.
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