I seem to recall a study in which it was shown that upward mobility in modern America is no more likely than it was in Europe in the middle ages. But at present, I am too lazy to search for it.
Regardless, it is a ridiculous thing that people go on about how some poor person struck it rich. It is an extreme rarity, and everyone knows it is exceedingly rare. Pretending otherwise is moronic.
Regardless, it is a ridiculous thing that people go on about how some poor person struck it rich. It is an extreme rarity, and everyone knows it is exceedingly rare. Pretending otherwise is moronic.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
