Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by baby on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:18PM
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Ah, survivor bias
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Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by rpmisms on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:24PM
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See my other replies, I'm aware of this, baby.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by mynameishere on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:24PM
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Not even that. Just sheltered fool bias.
Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country
by rpmisms on Sunday December 12, 2021 @09:56PM
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I was running around my nearest city at age 14, looking for work. I got in fights at bus stops, got mugged once*, slept on benches when I missed a ride a couple of times.
Sheltered, yes, ignorant, no. I know what being hungry is like, I remember how weird it was to wear brand-new clothes.
I'm not complaining, it was all perfectly normal to me at the time, but I'm not talking down at the poors, I'm talking about who I am.
*Mugged once and then learned how not to get mugged. People tried after that, didn't go well.