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AndrewKemendotoday at 6:00 PM1 replyview on HN

What metric would you use to define underclass that doesn’t already apply?


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kelseyfrogtoday at 6:43 PM

Permanent is the more potent idea being conveyed. Loads of places have an underclass, but the idea that the opportunity to escape it and be condemned to a permanent social-economic station is contrary to the American myth.