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> if those societies have high mobility in real-word achievement. So, not our society right now. Our society isn't high mobility? Who has a higher mobility? (
by drekipus 4y ago
> if those societies have high mobility in real-word achievement. So, not our society right now.
Our society isn't high mobility? Who has a higher mobility?
(* I realise this is the internet but I'm assuming you're talking about one of the five-eyes nations)
- benreesman 4y agoWell, I mean us after the New Deal but before smash-and-grab, “how many gold bars can I carry” politics and economics starting gaining steam in the Reagan administration. I appreciate that’s like one human lifetime and high economic mobility had barely started to come in for e.g. black people before rich people decided to loot the place, but we were headed in the right direction for many decades before this kleptocracy-in-broad-daylight shit kicked in.
- guelo 4y agoQuick search says we're #27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Social_Mobility_Index
- benreesman 4y agoI wasn't even aware such a metric existed. You've saved me countless frustrating conversations where I am trying to articulate something that's plain as day but difficult to find citations around (why would that be). And #27 is worse than it sounds, because most people know there are ~200 sovereign states in the word (195 at the moment I believe), and the WEF only has data on 82 of them for this metric (I'm willing to assume that the "no data" ones wouldn't score highly in most cases). So that's "a bit better than halfway up the list", not "clearly competitive with the leaders".
- drekipus 4y agoSays you. I'm at #16. But I'll concede the point.