Switched at birth to life in poverty

[thomas]

Sometimes life seems to beat even the most dramatic soap opera:

Japanese man born to wealthy parents is accidentally switched at birth and endures life of poverty

A Japanese man born to wealthy parents grew up in poverty after being given to another couple in a hospital six decades ago, while the infant who took his place went to live a privileged life of private tutoring, university and is today head of a property firm.

The 60-year-old man - who has declined to give his name - was raised reliant on hand-outs from the state after the man he thought was his father died when he was just two. The woman he considered his mother had to support his three older brothers and there were few comforts in their one-room apartment as he grew up.

=> Japanese man born to wealthy parents is accidentally switched at birth and endures life of poverty - Telegraph

The court awarded him just 38m JPY for damages incurred in place of the 250m JPY originally sought by the plaintiffs.

 

[Mark of Zorro]

And it seems he did not grow up to be a tycoon. Just goes to show the importance of upbringing, which is largely to blame for the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer....which is why I am so against the system where workers get nothing but a wage while people who just invest get the profits.