I'm trying to remember something I was told when I was in school. Something about American mythos of hope, of Average Joe making good, of rags to riches, of an orphan being put on a train, shipped out West and succeeding! becoming a rich rich man....of entrepreneurial endeavor ALWAYS pays off....That that story, that myth, is so embedded in our souls that we refuse to see the reality of exactly who makes good and why or that most small businesses fail - usually due to owner's missteps, not the govt. That as long as we sincerely believe that anybody can pull himself up by his bootstraps, we will never demand change. As long as we blame the individual entirely for his success or failure, we will not see the effect that others of a society have on the individual.
I dunno if I am making sense.
Bread and circuses and religion and the sick certainty that it is always someone else's fault keep us quiescent.
This actually does relate to the topic. Maybe I should make a youtube video.......see how that flies.
I dunno if I am making sense.
Bread and circuses and religion and the sick certainty that it is always someone else's fault keep us quiescent.
This actually does relate to the topic. Maybe I should make a youtube video.......see how that flies.