‘Upward Mobility’

Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost of Florida was recently featured on Jubilee, the YouTube debate show where one prominent figure debates 20 people with competing ideas and viewpoints. The title of the episode was “1 Gen Z Politician vs. 20 Boomers.” In a clip from the episode that has gone viral, Frost debates a man about the American Dream and whether it is still attainable. The clip gained widespread attention after Frost defined the American Dream as “upward mobility” and argued that it was becoming unattainable. The man he was debating then pointed out that he had personally experienced upward mobility, going from being an Uber driver to serving in the United States Congress. Is the dream of upward mobility still attainable in the United States? Join the conversation and get answers to this question and more on According2Sam episode #437.