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The heritability of wealth, combined with assortative mating, means that increasingly class divides are forming around differences in wealth. I think many peopl
by torginus 5y ago
The heritability of wealth, combined with assortative mating, means that increasingly class divides are forming around differences in wealth. I think many people are rightly concerned that this will eventually result in simply a different entrenched class hierarchy.
- lliamander 5y agoThat's how class divides have historically worked, yes. Previously those differences were also enforced through explicit class-based laws (the actually meaning of privilege). The introduction of free markets, and later IQ testing, disrupted a great deal of the entrenched social class structure within western societies and allowed many people of rather humble backgrounds to achieve great things. The concern I express is about whether IQ testing will continue provide the same level of social mobility in the future.