> The other side of that is that in America you have the opportunity to do quite well for yourself if you aren’t in one of the aristocratic elite families. That isn’t really the case in many of these European social democracies. Not only is there a safety net below you, but there is also a net above you as well.
Hasn't this been thoroughly debunked by economic mobility studies? The US regularly ranks below many European countries by this metric, and the nordic countries tend to dominate in this regard.
If you look at quintile based measurements sure. But there’s far less difference between the European quintiles than the American ones. So it’s a misleading measure
Hasn't this been thoroughly debunked by economic mobility studies? The US regularly ranks below many European countries by this metric, and the nordic countries tend to dominate in this regard.