The problem with America’s upper-middle class and meritocracy

Re:The problem with America’s upper-middle class and meritoc... by nobodyandproud on Saturday October 16, 2021 @02:36PM (#28890241)

It’s the 0.1% that drives the vast majority of the white collar profession.

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Re:The problem with America’s upper-middle class and meritoc... by AnimalMuppet on Saturday October 16, 2021 @10:55PM (#28893549)

Either evidence or argument would make your post more convincing. "It's so" doesn't move the needle in many minds.

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Re:The problem with America’s upper-middle class and meritoc... by seattle_spring on Sunday October 17, 2021 @01:16PM (#28897984)

Why did you add this comment to parent instead of GP, which started this whole thing with a similarly unsourced claim?

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Re:The problem with America’s upper-middle class and meritoc... by AnimalMuppet on Sunday October 17, 2021 @04:19PM (#28899432)

Well... I give the first person a bit more slack in that situation. Stating a claim can be interesting, even with no substantiation. (It isn't always, but it can be.) But a rebuttal that just says "no, it's not" is, in my view, considerably less useful or interesting or whatever. I expect more from a rebuttal than I do from a statement of an initial position - partly because not all statements of an initial position will get a rebuttal, but every rebuttal is in reply to a stated position.

Maybe that's just me...

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