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Yeah there are lots but even the poorest can afford a RP, which is more and more is better.

Even the richest parents would think twice about allowing little alice to throw her laptop off the roof.

As a kid that grew up without a lot of stuff and my parents struggled to get me my first computer (Oric 16k). It changed my life. I think the RP will change more lives and open up more avenues to genuinely poor kids who want to experiment.

Great ideas are not just generated by middle/upper class kids, us working class kids have great ideas too.

I realise this is a great generalisation and we live in a 'class-less society' and money goes up as well as down and some kids will indeed use RP to record their sisters undressing and some kids will try and snort their RP up their nose BUT it's a genuine opportunity for ALL kids and I endorse it.



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