It could be that the social status hypothesis is just wrong.   To me it is a 
different kind of hypothesis.
The play by the rules, do your job, be white and Christian, was enough to get 
respect.   Clearly there are reasonable bounds on income to achieve this, but 
if everyone is sort of from the same mold then that's an sustainable economy.   
 And the growth after WWII was kind of artificial anyway.  Why shouldn't 
adjusted income be flat?   The factor of 5 or more in the cost of similar 
properties depending on location in the country says to me the U.S. has 
fractured into different economies.  I don't see any sign of inequality slowing 
down.

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From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ???
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] More on social mobility

I think the Kurer quote on automation addresses that:
"that it is voters who are and remain in jobs susceptible to automation and 
digitalization, so called routine jobs, who vote for the radical right and not 
those who actually lose their routine jobs. The latter are much more likely to 
abstain from politics altogether."

... something we discussed relative to materially open (robots vs. unskilled 
human labor) requirements for a permanent underclass.

On 12/9/20 7:00 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> ..that there was once a “sufficient” level to achieve?


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