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There definitely are studies that show Americans are highly unlikely to


break out of the social class they are born into, and less likely than people in countries we think of as "socialists" that limit social mobility. We are more likely to BELIEVE things like "hard work pays off" but less likely than many other developed nations for that to actually be true.

Here is one

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Link: Intergenerational Mobility


Posted: 03/19/2019 at 7:18PM


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