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snoodog  ·  2536 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Telling children 'hard work gets you to the top' is simply a lie

Social mobility is very regional/national. In some countries its possible to move between lower and middle class in others it is not.

In the US the easiest method was always the military, if you went to the military and you didn't end up with PTSD or any bits blown off and you worked hard you were basically guaranteed middle class life.

Now transitioning between middle and upper class... I have no idea how that works or if its possible. I dont know anyone that has made that leap, perhaps if I worked in the valley I might but the bar to get to upper class is pretty huge these days. Only way I can think of getting there is to basically be upper middle class and use lots of leverage or other peoples money. Even then going back through my own life and all my decisions using maximum available leverage, I at best could have made a million bucks, which wouldn't really get me very close to upper class.