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Belonging to the working class or underclass means not only that you lack the money and resources of the classes above you, it also means that you have a comple
by henrikschroder 16y ago
Belonging to the working class or underclass means not only that you lack the money and resources of the classes above you, it also means that you have a completely different outlook on life. What you suggest would take generations before you get any real results.
- yungchin 16y agoYes, intuitively I'd also expect it to take many generations. But the article's examples - Sweden, Japan (both effects established post-WWII I suppose), the North Carolina district (1990s!) - surprisingly suggest otherwise.
- henrikschroder 16y agoThere is still a substantial working class in Sweden, and although the income gap between the social classes is much lower here than elsewhere, the different mindsets are the same as everywhere. I have friends that are working class through and through, even though some of them make about as much money as I do. It's not about standard of living. In my own case, I can thank our free university system for helping me drag myself from middle class to upper middle class, but then again I started with the middle class sentiment that education is always good. If you're working class, everyone in your environment will tell you that university is a huge waste of time, and I don't know how to address that. Throwing money at it won't do anything.