Social mobility

<p>The only way of defining social <em>mobility</em> is if one can determine social <em>position</em>. The mobility would therefore depict changes in position. However position is relative to the context. Therefore, social <em>mobility</em> can be judged at an individual level, but if one's mobility is ascending, it must be in detriment of another person. </p> <p>The challenge is to define therefore, the social <em>position</em> without resorting the measuring individual wealth. For example, we can judge access to food, health, education. In this way, everyone in a given society (including the whole world) can have ascending mobility, even though their relative <em>positions</em> do not change. </p> <p>This opens the second part of my concerns. Once the mobility is ascending, the relative position is meaningless unless it is for prejudice.</p>