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by FranzFerdiNaN 1120 days ago
Social mobility requires a society that allows you to fail but stil pick you up afterwards. America doesn’t.
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Sankozi 1120 days ago
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

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