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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They don’t necessarily conflict.
The worker works and slowly earns more money and contacts. Eventually, he can earn enough to take over or start his own company, and build up the next generation of workers turned owners.
Of course, we know this isn’t really how it works, but that’s why they call it a dream.
gdog05@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That is only the case if the system is not capitalistic in nature, meaning that capital trumps work.
That’s the significant feature of capitalism over prior systems: Capital is more important than anything else.
Social mobility is a bug in capitalism, not a feature. Because if you have social mobility, then the rules aren’t loose enough so that capital trumps everything.
There’s a reason it’s called capitalism and not meritalism.
Luckily capitalism is not a binary thing and we don’t have pure capitalism.
skeezix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They call it the “American Dream “ because you have to be asleep to believe it.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Kind of like playing the lottery and expecting to win.