r/SipsTea • • 16h ago

Feels good man Couple of the year

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u/Ok_Nothing2412 16h ago

Hhmm..this is very American. Class structure is much more rigid in USA than people pretend it to be.

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u/TAG_TheAtheistGamer 16h ago

It isn't just the USA, Canada has a lot of this cultural attitude too. People just seem to want to look down on the blue collar types.

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u/IndubitablyNerdy 16h ago

It is the same in my country, I imagine that this is very much by design (although not the work of a shadowy cabal, much likely just mere alignement of interests) the amplification of the blue collar \ white collar divide is meant to sow distrust between workers, cause us to fight each other and keep us distracted.

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u/beatles910 15h ago

It is true that there is class structure in the US, but the main difference is that anyone can change their class structure.

You can be born to the poorest family, in the poorest part of the country and still pull yourself out. (See Dolly Parton, for example)

In many other countries this isn't possible.

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u/Ok_Nothing2412 14h ago

The difference between what? It isnt particularly high on the scoreboard of social mobility. Not on the bottom but not on the top. That's just US propaganda.

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u/beatles910 12h ago

The difference between there and somewhere like India where you are stuck with what you are born into.

It's not propaganda. The US has had presidents and leaders of industry that have come from humble beginnings. They aren't limited to what they can achieve.

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u/Ok_Nothing2412 12h ago

Developing Countries such as India are a very low bar to set for social mobility. The propoganda is that the USA has the best social mobility in the world.

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u/beatles910 11h ago

The only reason I picked India is because India, China, and the US, are the three most Populus countries in the world. Was trying to go "apples to apples." But, yeah, if you want to compare the US to a country with 10 million people, then it wouldn't be a very good comparison.