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margalabargalatoday at 12:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

Exactly. He's notable because he was so unusual.

How many people in the US have been born into a lower to middle class family, and gone on to make more than $10 million in the last 30 years?


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ted_dunningtoday at 2:54 AM

Well, off hand, Bill Clinton, Obama and JD Vance all fit this rubric.

There are likely to be many other examples. These are just well known ones.

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keyboredtoday at 8:46 AM

> Exactly. He's notable because he was so unusual.

Now I have been taken to communicate that Genghis Khan with his KPI of human ears was an example of positive social mobility.

This is peak move fast across the steppe and break things mindset.