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minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 hours agoWe have great upward mobility here though and it’s a capitalistic country.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 hours agointeresting, how does one become a billionaire in such a way that anyone and everyone could do it?
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 hours agoOh, you had to be a billionaire to be middle class? I never knew that.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 hours agoIf there’s no way to get to the top, how is the upward mobility “great”?
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·52 minutes agoSocial mobility only describes the ability of the hierarchy to reorder itself. It does not negate or even mitigate the fact that most people are poor.
We have great upward mobility here though and it’s a capitalistic country.
interesting, how does one become a billionaire in such a way that anyone and everyone could do it?
Oh, you had to be a billionaire to be middle class? I never knew that.
If there’s no way to get to the top, how is the upward mobility “great”?
Social mobility only describes the ability of the hierarchy to reorder itself. It does not negate or even mitigate the fact that most people are poor.