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In 2016, 67% of Americans agreed that most people can get ahead if they were willing to work hard. Today, it's 47% (feddit.uk)
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[–] 66 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'd view this as a positive rather than a negative. 20% more people aren't delusional.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Things have definitely still gotten harder. Your framing isn't great because it implies things were just as hard a decade ago, which many factors point that isnt the case. I'm not saying it was easy then or the 67% were right, but things have gotten worse.

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