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> than in anywhere else the world This is definitely not true. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipe
by DangitBobby 6y ago
> than in anywhere else the world
This is definitely not true.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_th...
- mjfl 6y agoIt certainly is true, but academics who want to conduct sophistry can use the metric that gives them the answers they want. Comparing USA to Denmark using in-country income percentiles gives Denmark a much lower bar to hop over for this BS "social-mobility" as defined in the article.
- DangitBobby 6y agoYou can also use whatever metrics you want, and you haven't even gone to the effort of defining them!
- mjfl 6y agoHere's one: use USA percentiles for both countries. Or use Denmark percentiles for both. Only when you use a high bar for US and low bar for Denmark do they come out on top.