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It's just been stable for longer.

The current inequality increasing systems in the west will lead to all kinds of equivalent effects. Multi-generational debt etc.



No, because in the west debt is not inherited. Wealth is, which is an advantage to the right, but even then the majority of people - even rich don't get that advantage right away.

The big help the not-poor get is parents help their education. Not monetary help (that exists, but the poor get scholarships which in theory makes up the difference), but help as in a background that values education. If your peers and family expect you to get pregnant and drop out at 14 - it isn't really possible to get ahead in modern society the way most of us take for granted.




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