Wudi@feddit.uk to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoIn 2016, 67% of Americans agreed that most people can get ahead if they were willing to work hard. Today, it's 47%feddit.ukimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1297file-text
arrow-up1297imageIn 2016, 67% of Americans agreed that most people can get ahead if they were willing to work hard. Today, it's 47%feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·3 months agoI’d view this as a positive rather than a negative. 20% more people aren’t delusional.
minus-squarenotwhoyouthink@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI gladly receive any news of the expansion of class consciousness, and appreciate the data to prove it.
minus-squareAniki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agothis 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.
I’d view this as a positive rather than a negative. 20% more people aren’t delusional.
I gladly receive any news of the expansion of class consciousness, and appreciate the data to prove it.
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.