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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read “Class” by Paul Fussell (or by Jilly Cooper for the UK equivalent). It’s now very dated, but the principles still hold up. It is a combination of money and social mindset, but honestly more social expectations than actual dollars. I can tell that I have jumped up a class as a result of actions taken over several generations - my extended family and I at this point are no longer in the same group, but it was a result more of education and environment than one family getting “richer”. I have no idea which branch of the family earns more. But I went to the Ivy League, work around the highest level of government, have very different expectations of my children in terms of expectations for them like advanced degrees vs trade school, value completely different forms of activity, entertainment (think the opera vs NASCAR), and so forth. [/quote]

But don’t you agree that the real solution is for us to finally solve the stubborn problem of income inequality? [/quote]

All work isn't equally valuable. [/quote]

Nobody claims all jobs should be paid equally when talking about income inequality.  But   We are  dangerously close to having a gap too wide to sustain a democracy.

The middle class will be the first to destabilize.  Anger erupts, conspiracy theories of a rigged system and divides in political parties that are too extreme to hold on to democracy.

The economy slows, debt and predatory lending begins.

Populism and polarization rises along with extreme political rhetoric.  Nationalist leaders are elected and they start to dismantle established institutions.

The US is on the list of countries that are in danger of democratic backsliding.   We have a national leader who has ended many institutions that helped make our country thrive. The US has withdrawn from the World Health Organization, USAID which helped developing countries, the Dept of Education is weakened at a time when students aren’t doing as well as ten years ago.  DEI programs are gone along with dozens of international programs.

This is a good article that explains it.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/01/democratic-decline-global-phenomenon-even-wealthy-nations

It’s hard to watch this happening.

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