The whole premise of question 2 seems set up to go full lib "well maybe the exploited should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps like [one in a million case of an african billionaire I googled 5 seconds ago" but instead it goes full "human suffering doesn't register to me".
Meritocracy is a rhetorical, not moral/political, position. You use it to shut up people who want to live in a more fair and just world.
Like the strawfigure-esque whatever OPs picture is arguing against? That woulda been a slamdunk for the other libs.
Maybe it's the vodka, but I'm not sure what you're saying here.
The whole premise of question 2 seems set up to go full lib "well maybe the exploited should just pull themselves up by their bootstraps like [one in a million case of an african billionaire I googled 5 seconds ago" but instead it goes full "human suffering doesn't register to me".