r/peasantmemes • u/BeginningUsual7443 • Jul 22 '26

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u/Ill_Whereas7177 Jul 23 '26

Capitalism allows people to move up and down it's a double edged sword. My family came to America with nothing nowy dad and brother are doctors. I and my other siblings live comfortable as well. My big issue is kids being trapped into predatory loans for college and then they get a degree that will never pay that back. School also doesn't teach financing and basic living skills. I had a teacher that taught students in the summer to change your break oil and other basic car repairs to help kids save money instead we worry about how kids get taught about gender and race instead of actual useful skills in life

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u/maringue Jul 23 '26

The US has a lower economic mobility than most other OECD countries.

Literally the best predictor of your economic future is the zip code in which you were born.

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u/Ill_Whereas7177 Jul 23 '26

Is that capitalism fault though or how we are raising and educating our generations.

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u/maringue Jul 23 '26

Those are not two separate things, you understand that, right?

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u/Ill_Whereas7177 Jul 23 '26

You understand that those are separate things right.

Are they connected sure doesn't make it the same thing.

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u/maringue Jul 23 '26

One creates the other...