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  • lowimpakt2

    he's either a fantasist or a liar. empirical evidence suggest this is false.

    • Well, it does not strictly DETERMINE the outcome, does it? Mobility is still pretty good in the US.
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    • the data on social mobility from the OECD suggests otherwise - see Page 185 (P5 of PDF) https://www.oecd.org…lowimpakt
    • Lots of assholes out there dedicated to negatively impacting the determinate outcomes of lives of people they don't like.monospaced
    • ^ i don't think they really think about it at all.Gnash
    • I think he means C-section versus the vaginal canal.mg33
    • Yeah, American mobility is maybe not the best but still pretty good, compared globally.
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    • And again, it doesn't strictly determine it.
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    • Isn't this the root of the greatest con in American society, the illusion of a fair shot? The culture is dominated by tales inked by survivorship bias.detritus
    • ...so too is much of contemporary British culture too, in case you think I'm having a pop at The States.detritus
    • sure ... it's a con that conservatives are working hard to preserve, and that progressive liberals are working hard to correctmonospaced

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