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Why “Pulling Yourself up by Your Bootstraps” is Bullshit
Society has always loved the underdog story. The bootstrapping, hard-working, comes from nothing and makes it to the top life story that gives the impression that if we just work hard enough, we too can make it to the top. Really, it’s poverty porn. It takes what can be a traumatic experience and exalts it to a level of almost sainthood, without acknowledging the systemic reasons behind it.