Quote: Sal Paradise "I would suggest a similar % made good of the total - depends on how you determine made good?
The NHS is the envy of the world - its free to anyone - do you think if you go into to A&E with a heart attack the richer man gets better treatment - we both know the answer?'"
There’s at very least a problem of perception then (personally, I think it is more than that, of course). According to a survey for they Social Mobility Commission, only a third of young people believe everyone in the UK has a fair chance to progress in life, and 44% of all respondents believed that where a person ends up in society is largely determined by their background (vs 35% who felt that everybody has a fair chance to ’get on’).
While I might not have been born into an economically or socially advantageous situation on a national level (it could have been much worse though), on a global level I definitely was. That gave me a much better chance than most people, so this isn’t about envy or regret. I just think we could theoretically do better and that’d benefit society as a whole... but those that benefit most from the inefficiencies of the current system get power as one of the benefits.