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Sicarium · 46-50, M
Bad choices vs good choices, generally. In the US at least, if you work consistently, don't have kids before getting married, and graduate high school you have an 85% chance of at least being middle class. That is, 85% of the people who do those three things will be in the middle class or better.
As for the rich getting richer, that's a myth usually spoken by politicians who themselves are getting richer and voters who believe those politicians. The people in the top 1%, the ones we're supposed to hate, are constantly changing. People rise into and fall out of the 1% all the time. Same goes for wealthy, middle class, and poor. That's wealth mobility. Wealth mobility is down compared to the past, mainly due to a stagnate economy, but it still exists and it's still going strong. And it's still a good thing.
As for the rich getting richer, that's a myth usually spoken by politicians who themselves are getting richer and voters who believe those politicians. The people in the top 1%, the ones we're supposed to hate, are constantly changing. People rise into and fall out of the 1% all the time. Same goes for wealthy, middle class, and poor. That's wealth mobility. Wealth mobility is down compared to the past, mainly due to a stagnate economy, but it still exists and it's still going strong. And it's still a good thing.