There are no protests, no outrage, just quiet acceptance of this.
Speaker A:
We used to believe that hard work guaranteed upward mobility, that each generation would do better than the last, that a ladder to a better life was there for us all if we were willing to climb it.
Speaker A:
I climbed it myself, from poverty through education, to the voice you hear now.
Speaker A:
But I fear the rungs are disappearing for those behind me, and I worry about the generations to come.