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> The entry bar is set abnormally high, and talent no longer is a measure of success, it simply becomes who had money to rise. When was this NOT the case, thou
by jwestbury 4y ago
> The entry bar is set abnormally high, and talent no longer is a measure of success, it simply becomes who had money to rise.
When was this NOT the case, though? The monetarily successful have always been overwhelmingly from monetarily successful backgrounds.
- tarboreus 4y agoI don't know, my immigrant grantparents did legit do very well in the US, like much of their cohort.
- winternett 4y agoIt's always been an issue, but now the doors between low/middle and the wealthy class are closing even tighter as wealth and opportunity become more scarce... The methods to use in finding success are becoming convoluted as well by certain members of the wealthy class in order to discriminate in ways against other wealthy people too... Rather crazy how things at the top work.