You don’t want to understand. You want chaos and discord. You have never shown to be a peace seeker, just another person who likes to point out flaws.
Of course it is. And he offered a reason why that may be the case. Why not try to understand that point. You seem happier to be unhappy about our country’s issues.
Yes, thanks you get it. It also means that we shouldn't look at other countries and point to perceived success. Most of it is a house of cards.
The point is that we shouldn't say we're at the top of mobility, for example, when it's simply not true.
And once again you are implying that their relative advantages are racially driven, not policy driven
The whole question itself is stupid. There is no way to objectively compare with all the variables. To me it doesn't matter, if there is a specific problem, let's address it instead of comparing what we have vs someone else.
I know you understand. It’s frustrating how frequent you guys like to argue instead of finding common ground.
Why are people always saying people argue too much on the forum that is for arguing with people? Its called "Too Hot" not "Lets Hug it Out"
I think in a perfect world everyone would benefit from the opportunities available to you, me and everyone else. I see all kinds of people that, I know years ago, would not be in the fantastic positions in life they are in now, and I think it is wonderful. I would like everyone to succeed. There has been so much progress made in my lifetime. But not everyone is going to succeed, or succeed maybe in a way they believe they should. That is not simply due to our system, it just isn't. We all have to make decisions each and every day. We all have to decide how we are going to play the game. Success, as an outcome, in most cases is a result of good choices and hard work. Each individual has to decide what choices they will make and how hard they are willing to work. The opportunities today for people are abundant, and there are more and more people of all genders and races enjoying the benefits of their own success. And that's awesome! The only people to blame are the ones that aren't willing to put in the time, make the right decisions, and do the hard work that their counterparts have done. For those people simply blaming everything they don't have in their life on the system is old and tired. There are too many success stories out there that show otherwise.
Good question. The question you are asking has many assumptions built into it. First, you ask how I know something, which assumes some kind of epistemology. May I ask how you know anything, and by what standard of knowledge will you be judging my answer? Second, righteousness is measured by a moral standard, God's moral standard. If that moral standard does not exist, then the concept of righteousness does not exist. So, the idea that my worldview could be unrighteous is nonsensical because righteousness and unrighteousness are non-existent categories outside of the Christian worldview. So, your question assumes some kind of objective moral standard outside of Christianity. Where does that come from?
There is absolutely an objective fashion to compare economic mobility. How likely you are, if born into one income percentage group, to end up in a different one. You are arguing that conditions and policies differ in each country, which is, of course true. But doesn't mean that you can't objectively measure economic mobility.
All of this is true in other countries as well. And yet, they have higher social mobility. The American Dream narrative was created in the 19th Century when most economic systems were intentionally hierarchical by birth. Outside of the racial hierarchies, the American system wasn't explicitly hierarchical by design, which did make it differ than monarchies and colonial powers. At this point, most developed countries have mostly rejected hierarchy by family name. So, at this point, the notion that Americans have more opportunities than in other developed countries to move into higher income brackets is a feel good myth that runs into a less feel good reality. It is a useful myth for some, notably, but from an analytical perspective, it still isn't really true.
