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Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country by x86_64Ubuntu on Sunday December 12, 2021 @11:14PM (#29536526)
If the goal is to minimize and dispel the effects of systemic issues, then you have to use the overall number.
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Re:Americans overestimate social mobility in their country by tdfx on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:34PM (#29541924)
The goal is to use numbers to inform yourself instead of emotional attachments to political narratives. The numbers show that anyone can be poor and deprived of opportunity.
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