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The helpers also need to change their culture in order to help. They will help themselves in the process, because one day they will be the ones needing help.
I agree with you on the value for education and adapting to changes.
When I hear “people are tired of it” I think Trump supporters.
Lots of working-class, lower-middle to middle class White people now want to go back to the past. It’s a self-defeating wish because of the forces of globalization and the move to a digital economy. In this new economy, more objective measures of qualifications (grades, university degrees, etc.. ) will be needed to move up the social ladder.
The post WWII period of social mobility was an anomaly that will not repeat itself.
When you see Sarah and Todd Palin as role models for millions of people who disdain education, you wonder what those people are teaching their kids. That’s part of fucked up culture.[/quote]
I think many studies have shown that if you aren’t born into a decent life, your chances of getting ahead are pretty slim now…This is why there is a somber mood for a lot of folks if they lack the education or good job already. Job security is pretty non-existent and many white collar jobs are getting outsourced now as well (law, finance, tech been for a while)…
You already have too many college grads, let alone grads with useless degrees. People in the “better” areas from wealthier families also start off enrichment classes at age 4 and by the time they go off to college, they are so far ahead of the poor, lower income person that I think for nearly 90% of the people in that category, the chance of you improving or getting the better jobs is pretty low.
I saw a study about Howard grads (mostly black college) computer grads interning at Facebook or Google and nearly all of them aren’t hired. This is, of course due to those Howard grads starting to code at 16 or so compared to the Google guy who was coding by 6 (or younger to brag)…
Just so much harder for those folks since we’re in a global economy as well and you might as well hire the physics wiz from Singapore than the not-fitting-in black kid (not that the black kids even really wanted to hang out with the typical Google guy/gal talking about various tv shows and playing ultimate Frisbee…).
College admissions is already a bit harder since nearly everyone thinks you have to go now to make a half decent living due to an over supply of labor in the world so everyone has a degree.
Also, I think I have seen studies which actually mentioned that having a solid middle class is actually not the norm. The post ww2 period was only possible due to Western Europe and pretty much every industry power being bombed to kingdom come and the US was the only country still with solid infrastructure and manufacturing in tack. Unless something drastic happens, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the gap between rich/poor widening more similar to historical times.
