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How class mobility creates identity conflicts

I'm successful in my career but come from a working-class family and I feel like I'm betraying my roots when I enjoy nice things or spend money on experiences they'd consider frivolous.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

He's experiencing survivor guilt and cultural displacement that makes economic advancement feel like moral compromise.

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