Americans are increasingly unlikely to believe that those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are, according to two recent polls.

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    41 year ago

    Yes, I forgot to add that to the list. The boomers’ death grip on the high paying jobs. That is a factor.

    Being GenX myself I’m pretty familiar with what we’ve been through, so I don’t need to argue about it. I was careful to use conditional language to indicate that not everyone got to follow the path I mentioned, just like today not all millennials or GenZ get hosed and some can follow the traditional path.