Class mobility in the U.S. is low and falling

Evidence

Essential to the myth of meritocracy is the belief in class mobility— that is, that people can change classes if they want to work hard and exercise their “God-given talents.” In fact, there is relatively little class mobility in the U.S.—that is, only a fraction of people actually change class positions from the one they were born into—and the U.S. economic system is allowing fewer people than ever to make that shift. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 921

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: U.S. class mobility is lower than many European countries despite its anti-aristocratic myth — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 925; Class structure persists while class consciousness has been politically disavowed — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1908; Individualization is institutionalized and reshapes class inequality analysis — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1725

Broader Connections

• Class structure persists while class consciousness has been politically disavowed #qualifies (0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1908
• Individualization is institutionalized and reshapes class inequality analysis #complicates (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1725