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The existence of an upper class necessitates the existence of a lower class. You can't just pull everyone up to be above average.
by jrjeksjd8d 11mo ago
The existence of an upper class necessitates the existence of a lower class. You can't just pull everyone up to be above average.
- nradov 11mo agoWhat's your point? I didn't make any claims about averages. We could do a lot more to improve opportunities and social mobility for people caught in the permanent underclass.
- Ferret7446 11mo agoBut we have. The underclass today has much better lives in many aspects than the highest class from many decades ago. The absolute level of wealth has increased, it's simply that the delta between the high and the low is widening. Would you rather live equally in poverty or live comfortably with others who are way more wealthy than you? Surprisingly people do seem to prefer the former, though I'd prefer the latter
- user____name 11mo agoThis is the sort of reductio ad absurdum inverse relationship that never survives a reality check.
- jimbokun 11mo agoYou do have to go back several decades for that to be true, though. In the US at least, progress in life expectancy and real wages has really stagnated in recent decades.