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> Poor kids today face much greater challenges than those of the past. To believe this requires a baffling degree of historical ignorance.
by marcusverus 6y ago
> Poor kids today face much greater challenges than those of the past.
To believe this requires a baffling degree of historical ignorance.
- tingol 6y agoDepends actually, it's pretty easy to see that boomer kids had way more opportunities than those of today. Depression era kids had it way worse of course.
- atomi 6y agoThe landed class loves watching poor folks compete. It makes the poor more productive. You just have to adjust monetary policy to maintain that status quo. Of course, the opposite of that is true as well. Ultimately the race isn't all about merit but also politics.