Americans are increasingly unlikely to believe that those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are, according to two recent polls.

  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    To be fair, it was barely even attainable by those born stateside in the mid-50s. It might’ve taken the whole thing a couple decades to truly die, but the hopium was laced thick among the children that came after. To this day, few American teens seem to grasp how deep the lie reaches… They’re so fucked.