[rippercushions]

> Americans seem to be kindly, trusting and helpful towards members of their own sub-group, and quite the contrary to those they deem "lesser" in status - the poor, the disabled, people of color.

As a European, I can assure you we share these traits. Try asking one how they feel about local Romani, African or Syrian refugees, foreign beggars, etc.

[bushbaba]

Or about inherited wealth. America at least has better social mobility, for now.

[notacoward]

Absolutely not. The US doesn't even make the top 20.

https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-social-mobility-index...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_...

[mistrial9]

its a common misconception, since that was sold to the public for the last 100+ years.. but not, actually, the demographics in recent decades show less social mobility overall, as compared to other developed nations in the same time periods..

source: Pew research reports and other

[FranzFerdiNaN]

Social mobility requires a society that allows you to fail but stil pick you up afterwards. America doesn’t.

[Sankozi]

No, social mobility does not need that. And no, America has some (imperfect, but quite wide) social safety net.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_safety_net