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Samstag, 21. November 2009
Lothar & Thomas
diegolego, 15:44h
The current german Federal Ministry of the Interior is Thomas de Maizière. I read an article about him and had to notice that he is a cousin of Lothar de Maizière who was the first and last Premier of the German Democratic Republic after the wende.
How can it be that at least two members of the same family have important positions? There are plenty of other examples. But from a statistical point of view this is very unlikely and simply suggests that the probabilities are not evenly distributed among the population. In other words the pathways of the lives are strongly influenced by the wealth they are born in. Moreover, the networks of families play an important role.
To my opinion this is a serious problem and far from being democratic. Achievements of a modern society should include more fairness. A consequence would be that also the government is better.
How can it be that at least two members of the same family have important positions? There are plenty of other examples. But from a statistical point of view this is very unlikely and simply suggests that the probabilities are not evenly distributed among the population. In other words the pathways of the lives are strongly influenced by the wealth they are born in. Moreover, the networks of families play an important role.
To my opinion this is a serious problem and far from being democratic. Achievements of a modern society should include more fairness. A consequence would be that also the government is better.
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