Originally Posted by Owain
If class mobility is low, it's because too many people want something for nothing.

That's not how it has ever worked.


If you want to blame people in general, blame their voting habits and general comprehension of the consequences of not caring about politics or principles of good governance, and looking the other way while both major parties sell us all down a river.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)