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Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

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191 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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HanClinto ◴[02 Sep 25 16:08 UTC] No.45104969[source]▶
When I was in Kolkata two and a half years ago, I saw a young man wearing a jacket with a slogan on the back.

In large letters, it said "The more you LEARN, the more you EARN."

That would be so out of place in midwest USA, where cynicism is rampant and young people believe they have no control over their own outcomes.

I wish I had taken a picture of that jacket.

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1. joshcsimmons ◴[03 Sep 25 06:02 UTC] No.45112664[source]▶
Midwest is particularly rough especially rust belt cities. I could already see the writing on the wall when I got out decades ago. Now the coasts feel like the Midwest did back then. A sense of "who cares?"