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Intelligence and ability already have a much weaker correlation with wealth and success than familial wealth and sheer luck do. Also, why would one genetic modification be any more expensive than another? This is going to happen anyway, sooner or later. The "oh no it will make rich people richer" argument could be applied to a good chunk of all the technologies ever invented, from automobiles to the internet.


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