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Re: The scariest docu on the post-industrial American economy you will
But the US story has seen some setbacks in the last few years. One, the BJW view is changing and many people are not keeping themselves updated about where to put in the hard work. Your grandfather did the right job for early 20th century, but no one expects to earn same life standard by doing it today. If your grandfather had migrated today, I am sure he would have been a smart computer geek or someone who would know how to put the IT to better use, or some other innovative idea.
As far as facts are concerned, the economic mobility in US has definitely gone down in the past few decades. But I do not want to reach any conclusions about how or why that happened.
The Americans usually have the "Belief in Just World(BJW)" where anyone can be expected to become a star based on hard work. The Europeans are exactly opposite believing that "luck plays a big role" and life is unfair and so we see over-inflated European governments. These beliefs feed into themselves to make people work hard in US and become lazy in Europe.Yeah, well, your view is typical of the malaise of the time and is unsupported by any facts. You predict failure because you yourself are risk-averse. As one American politician referred to people like you: "Pointy-headed professors who can't park their bicycles straight. Your motto is "it can't be done because I don't have the balls to try." And you insult my ancestors by calling them "moochers." You are an ass. They created jobs for scores of workers. What have you done?
Of course he does. He agrees with you because he also snipes from the sidelines of life and despises humanity.
But the US story has seen some setbacks in the last few years. One, the BJW view is changing and many people are not keeping themselves updated about where to put in the hard work. Your grandfather did the right job for early 20th century, but no one expects to earn same life standard by doing it today. If your grandfather had migrated today, I am sure he would have been a smart computer geek or someone who would know how to put the IT to better use, or some other innovative idea.
As far as facts are concerned, the economic mobility in US has definitely gone down in the past few decades. But I do not want to reach any conclusions about how or why that happened.