Fox News posted a video of Alabama mother of two Jessica McCabe explaining how she realized the American Dream is no longer something younger generations can...
This woman feels like there used to be a social contact that has now been broken.
It's very important for us all to remember this is not true. When she grew up there was still many, even most people in the US who worked hard all their life and weren't rewarded. There was never a social contact that included everyone, generally speaking it tended to be between property owners, business owners and the (disproportionately white) professional class, which is maybe all told 40% of the US population.
What is actually happening is simply a constriction, where rich kids who go off and get degrees can no longer expect to be included in the contract. The new rage you're seeing is the children of a professional class who are angry that they can no longer expect their life to be better than most people in the US.
This woman feels like there used to be a social contact that has now been broken.
It's very important for us all to remember this is not true. When she grew up there was still many, even most people in the US who worked hard all their life and weren't rewarded. There was never a social contact that included everyone, generally speaking it tended to be between property owners, business owners and the (disproportionately white) professional class, which is maybe all told 40% of the US population.
What is actually happening is simply a constriction, where rich kids who go off and get degrees can no longer expect to be included in the contract. The new rage you're seeing is the children of a professional class who are angry that they can no longer expect their life to be better than most people in the US.