I have been pondering these same questions to and reading the book Income and poverty. It's an older brown leather book that has historical cases of the poverty issue in America and what should be done to correct this issue. It says something like we are a rich society yet above thirty percent of our children remain in poverty. How do we give each child a fair chance in this world? That is the root of the question. How do we ensure every soul broughbinto the world has just as much chance at success as the child born before or after it. Can we achieve that as a society? I doubt it because people process experiences differently, where one child desires to overcome a challenge the other child embraces it as a soothing mechanism. From the first breathe they take babies start to distinguish themselves and respond to the environment... overtime this responses become less and less basic instinct such as the Moro reflex or the suckling reflex and more judgmental of the babies actual distinct person she's colicky or he's the happiest baby. They start responding young in ways they will respond for the rest of their lives. The best thing to do is not to try to even the playing field but to get off the field. Take a recess, stop competing with each other, and embrace a life where being the biggest fastest greatest isn't wanted or obtained. Where you embrace the moments spent with each other find value in friendship value in learning new ideas value in sharing what you have expecting nothing in return. Embrace the journey of not having to answer to the top one percent bit then who do you answer to... for me that is God. The God I have prayed to since I was a small child. Whoever he is and wherever he is I feel he has control and is awakening the world into a golden age but the world isn't wanting to embrace the change because then they would have to admit no man could defy his existence, that we are being humbled very rapidly as a human race to search for an answer for the problems, and the values and things we once held so dear seem to be vanishing and forgotten. The world is changing but it's all going to be okay. What would you do if you had no job to go to? I as a non working member of society tries my hardest to get back into working, could not get medical clearance so turned to focus on my family and children but have had to fight to keep that door open because people do not think schizophrenia is an illness that should be around children, so I don't work but I fight and work my ass of to keep my children and spend time with them showing them yes while I am sick things get rough but when I am not sick... man, they get to have a good mom who genuinely cherishes her time with them and listens to them. Most kids pursue they passion at young ages. But thei too is dwindling down because of the restraining educational systems where in my town children can literally be picked up at 720 am and dropped off at 615 pm for school and after school programs. That's 11 hours 4 days a week and 8 more on Friday so 52 hours in five days where their only recess or break if you will is ten to fifteen minutes and their lunch is twenty minutes and snack time is around twenty considering they get two snack a day. So 11 hour shift with one hour of breaks... that's not any job their parents would want to go to everyday. Can you imagine being picked up by a bus hauled to work where you were forced to do common core routine medial task hour after hour feed a standard lunch dressed in uniform like every other person and kept their until it was essential time to go home to a house where dinner is served then your forced to go to bed because it's dark outside already?! We have essentially created the exact life we fear happening to us as adults for our children and no one is saying hey wait why is my child being conformed to be a "good model" for the United States in terms of knowledge appareance actions behaviors and work ethic. Did I mention the schools also send home homework? At least a hour a night is spent at home with these kids to ensure that they pass their standardized test and the school receives the nessecary funding to stay open. So 12 hour a day shift with few breaks carted off the a place where their are told they must conform or society will collapse and the town will not be able to provide education for other children. This is the reality we have envokes on our children so idk why adults are worrying about the damage being done to themselves by the system when the big picture is we fear what we have already burdened our children with. They have no jobs so society uses them a genie (spelling) pigs to test subliminal and system theories and envokes mass fear and cult like mentality to conform adults into believeing equal means better for everyone. No it means creativity is shunned and beat down until it is no more.