Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails

Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by yummyfajitas on Monday November 03, 2014 @05:52AM (#8550191)

I'd argue you have a much better chance at moving up in the world as a poor person in Vietnam than America.

Your argument would be wrong, at least as of the last time we ran this experiment. Back in the 80's we took a bunch of Vietnamese and turned them into poor Americans. Now they are not poor. In contrast, the Vietnamese who stayed behind are still very poor. That includes the ones who started small businesses like selling goods on the street.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_American#Socioeconom...

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Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by seanmcdirmid on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:03AM (#8550362)

There are plenty of Vietnamese/Hmong/chinese viet poverty in the states. And why San Jose gangs are mostly asian.

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Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by collyw on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:28AM (#8550445)

That was in the 80's. 30 - 40 years ago. A lot has changed, and not much of it for the better.

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