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tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:07 PM Dec 2014

Is the Top 1% making a concerted effort to thwart upward mobility?

Hello DUers, I thought I'd ask this because it certainly seems so.

Am I out of line for thinking this?

You tell me.

Thank you.


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Yes - the top 1% is trying to thwart upward mobility
5 (83%)
No - the top 1% is not trying to thwart upward mobility
1 (17%)
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Is the Top 1% making a concerted effort to thwart upward mobility? (Original Post) tenderfoot Dec 2014 OP
Yes. Most definitely. It keeps the masses hungry and willing to work for slave wages BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #1
Since the founding of America. JaneyVee Dec 2014 #2
No, I just think the frozen social strata are just a side benefit Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #3
To what end? n/t cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #4

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. Yes. Most definitely. It keeps the masses hungry and willing to work for slave wages
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:20 PM
Dec 2014

which is good for their bottom lines.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
3. No, I just think the frozen social strata are just a side benefit
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:33 PM
Dec 2014

of the general rapacity and greed of the few on top that is driving the whole overheating machine.

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