It is sad that it takes so many generations.

I’m interested in why it takes any at all in Scandinavia, since the bottom 10% in Scandinavian countries have the same education and equal opportunity as the top 10%, and social welfare is enough to live on, so kids aren’t forced to work part-time either. School materials and university is free too, so it is not like the bottom 10% cannot afford or don’t have time for education.

It’s time to mean income, not stable living wage.

Coming from a poor background shouldn’t hinder you from reaching mean any more than anyone else though. Does it have to do with then being less inclined to ask for a raise then? Or is it perhaps an issue with poor parenting, causing less willingness to work hard in school?