When Ponyboy says this, he does not mean it in the sense
that you can never physically win a fight against them. He is not saying that you can't
beat up one of the Socs. What he is saying is that no matter what you do to them, they
are still going to end up on top in society.
Look at the
whole passage where Pony says that you can't win against the Socs (it's on p. 11) of my
book. He says that it is
because they've got all the breaks and even
whipping them isn't going to change that
fact.
So what Pony is saying
is that even if you beat up a Soc, they're still pretty rich and they'll still have
nicer stuff than you and they'll still grow up and go to college. You, meanwhile, will
always be poorer and have fewer opportunities. So no matter what, they
win.
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