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In 2016, 67% of Americans agreed that most people can get ahead if they were willing to work hard. Today, it's 47% (feddit.uk)

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[-] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago

I'd view this as a positive rather than a negative. 20% more people aren't delusional.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Things have definitely still gotten harder. Your framing isn't great because it implies things were just as hard a decade ago, which many factors point that isnt the case. I'm not saying it was easy then or the 67% were right, but things have gotten worse.

[-] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I was assuming people would be aware of that much on their own when I made a silly

[-] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

I gladly receive any news of the expansion of class consciousness, and appreciate the data to prove it.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

this is not news of class consciousness at all. it just means that 20% people believe they can't make it anymore while they could make it 10 years ago. it does not mean that they identify themselves as a part of a "class" at all.

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