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Comment by keybored

4 hours ago

I don’t know. For some reason when I think of social mobillity I think of Genghis Khan.

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?

  • 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.