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by bushbaba 1120 days ago
Or about inherited wealth. America at least has better social mobility, for now.
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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

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