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Originally Posted by toboramai

I pretty sure that social mobility has declined in the US...quick searching of google. i have read more credible sources but here is a link on the issue.



Social mobility lower in US and Britain than in other advanced countries

That may be true, but that doesn't disprove that one specific subset of upward mobility, the chance to get ridiculously rich, may be more prevalent in the U.S.