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FarCenter

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4. The US has been pretty well sorted out

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 11:28 PM

Nov 2012

The US had much higher mobility that those other countries between 1850 and 1950.

So the population is much more split into socioeconomic classes.

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America is the Land of Opportunity. True or False? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 OP

Sad isn't it. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

It used to be. Maybe it can be again. eom BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #2

For my family, absolutely yes panAmerican Nov 2012 #3

The US has been pretty well sorted out FarCenter Nov 2012 #4

The reason can be summed up in three letters: Democratopia Nov 2012 #5

I think it is... OneMoreDemocrat Nov 2012 #6

Utterly false. Another myth cooked up a century ago to fool a previous generation of suckers. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #7

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