> America’s .0001% is becoming more meritocratic, but the means of a middle class background remain a necessary launching board.
Doesn't this directly contradict the preceding statement that those "born into poverty stayed level at 20%?" Maybe I'm being too pedantic with my interpretation of "necessary" but 20% seems a sizable chunk.
Doesn't this directly contradict the preceding statement that those "born into poverty stayed level at 20%?" Maybe I'm being too pedantic with my interpretation of "necessary" but 20% seems a sizable chunk.