America

Equality is something that Americans say that hoped for since the start of their country. But is this ever possible? No it isn’t. From the very first second a baby is born, they are already unequal. Some are born disabled some are born fat and healthy. Some are born into affluent families while others are born into poor ones. This gives some babies a higher advantage than the other ones. Their starting points are different, which makes their chances different. Yes, we hear a lot about how certain famous people grew up in a poor family and because of their hard work, became successful. I am not disputing these claims, but that is only about 2% of the famous people we hear of. Also, it is less 0.5% of the poor population that becomes successful. (Do not quote me on the statistics. This is just an analogy.) Furthermore, it requires a lot of luck and, mind me, coincidences for such person to emerge out of his or her background and become successful. The media sometimes over emphasizes these examples and make people feel like this happens often, when in fact it doesn’t. I am not saying that things like that doesn’t happen, I am just saying that the chances are very slim compared to the babies born into rich, powerful and educated families.