Fresh out of the womb... yes I agree... But I believe there are elements that work against that potential. While there are many example of individuals that have risen above their station in life, there are many, many more who do not.
I would argue it is ideology and societal norms, contraints, whatever that serve to create that individual. In some cases it makes a go getter in others it creates a layabout (to use two achetypes). Wealth and station have nothing to do with either condition... I know of poor people who have risen to greatness and those born into extreme wealth who fell into idle slumber...
What I am getting at is there are all kinds of external forces and situations that serve to form the make up of individuals... While we start life as a blank slate, full of potential that potential is increased or eroded buy situation, circumstance, luck, etc. External influences...
Created equal... but not nurtured or grown equal.
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