> Opening wide the class of the most elite to the children of upper middle class professionals is in fact a huge societal achievement. Few societies have that k

> Opening wide the class of the most elite to the children of upper middle class professionals is in fact a huge societal achievement. Few societies have that kind of mobility. I have trouble agreeing with that, especially given the tendencies of pulling up the ladder. The billionaires are basically irrelevant because they're too small in number, the upper middle class and everyone else is the chasm that is widening by the day [0]. It's absolutely becoming or has become a stratified structure. [0] https://www.brookings.edu/book/dream-hoarders/ https://www.brookings.edu/book/dream-hoarders/