The article makes many good points about how upward mobility works. These points generally fit with what I understand: That stable marriage is one of the best w

The article makes many good points about how upward mobility works. These points generally fit with what I understand: That stable marriage is one of the best ways to become and stay upper middle class; that poor neighborhoods with too few middle class people have much more serious problems than poor neighborhoods with X percentage of middle class residents; that spending on education is not the most critical metric for education effectiveness. etc. It's a really good piece. The conversation here, not so much. I am not hugely familiar with Mormonism myself, but I grew up in the Deep South, a place full of hellfire-and-brimstone Christians. That does not mean all Christians are like that. I am not personally fond of Christianity, but there is a line in the bible somewhere where someone tells Jesus "People will do terrible things in your name someday" (or words to that effect) and he replies "I will say I did not know them." (or words to that effect). Christians behaving in a way that gives Christianity a bad name is not definitive proof that Christianity is an inherently evil organization. Ditto Mormonism. I am somewhat disappointed that so much of this discussion is about Mormonism and so little about upward mobility. I am deeply disappointed that the topmost comment here is one that outright mocks Mormonism. Bad enough it was said, but then multiple people apparently upvoted it. Ugh.