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There are, in fact, metrics that show social mobility by comparing generational incomes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the_United_Sta

• specialist 14y ago
  The repeated "citation needed" refrain is exhausting. As though declining social mobility is news. Your link is the third hit my quick search. https://www.google.com/search?q=declining+social+mobility+in+america https://www.google.com/search?q=declining+social+mobility+in... Took less time to do a quick fact check than to comment. It's ALMOST as if geeks would rather go full pedant on tangental points rather than face uncomfortable worldviews.
  • saraid216 14y ago
    > It's ALMOST as if geeks would rather go full pedant on tangental points rather than face uncomfortable worldviews. I hesitate to say this aloud, but I... I think geeks might be human. o.O