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    It is not the case that No institutional mechanism can reliably distinguish unjust social-class barriers from legitimate differential outcomes of diverse family choices and cultures.

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    • 1.Family 'choices' are themselves shaped by prior discrimination, poverty, and limited access—treating them as independent variables ignores causation.
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    • 2.Institutions can measure specific barriers (hiring discrimination, lending denial, school funding gaps) directly without conflating choice with constraint.
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    • 3.The claim's burden of 'reliable distinction' sets an impossible standard that paralyzes action against demonstrable, measurable injustices.
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    • 1.Family choices (education investment, work hours, saving rates) vary legitimately across cultures and produce measurable outcome differences.
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    • 2.Institutional mechanisms rely on statistical generalizations that cannot distinguish cause (choice/culture) from effect (systemic barriers).
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    • 3.Attempts to equalize outcomes despite different preferences may violate autonomy and impose dominant-group values on minorities.
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