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		nickpp on Dec 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its riva... But said income would've been much lower - like in Europe. Europe "solved" inequality by effectively limiting the upper range. Meanwhile the lower tier is just as low (or lower) than in the US. People would still rather emigrate to the poorest state of the USA than Bulgaria or Romania.

tossandthrow on Dec 4, 2024 [–]

> People would still rather emigrate to the poorest state of the USA than Bulgaria or Romania.

Reducing this to employment mobility displays a lack of knowledge of history.

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