Do people get what they deserve, or do luck and privilege decide?

Axis: yes, outcomes track effort and merit ... no, luck and privilege decide

John

date	change	position	video
2010-01-14	new	John says life isn't fair: bad people often escape what's coming to them, wealth and social standing help, and Pat Robertson's 'payback' explanation of the Haiti earthquake is stupid.	Froghoppin' with Gatsby 00:01:59
2011-06-29	restate	Of Shakespeare's 'the fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves', John says it is easy to say for a Shakespeare or a Roman nobleman, and he doesn't fully agree.	THE FAULT IN OUR STARS 00:00:00
2012-12-04	restate	John says his success rests on privilege: race, gender and orientation, an elite small college, and money and internet access to start vlogging; many others lack such opportunities.	Time for AWESOME 00:00:29
2013-08-13	restate	John: the just world fallacy makes advantaged people believe they deserve their advantages and others their lack of success; he urges remembering that the world isn't just.	Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy 00:03:36
2013-09-24	restate	John says neither Franklin nor Drake started from the bottom, and that success narratives are almost always privileged narratives that never acknowledge that privilege.	Started from the Bottom: Benjamin Franklin and Drake Compared 00:02:26

date	change	position	video
2009-06-20	new	After an IM chat with John, Hank says the world isn't fair and that this favours him and most viewers, whose lives are likely far better than the average person's.	Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges 00:00:58
2012-09-28	restate	Hank: luck alone decides whether a driver hits the deer or a murderer succeeds, yet only the unlucky driver feels bad and the successful murderer is punished more; that's not fair.	THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana 00:01:27