The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally a 19th-century joke about doing something physically impossible. Now it's the foundational lie of American capitalism. #BootstrapMyth
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally a 19th-century joke about doing something physically impossible. Now it's the foundational lie of American capitalism. #BootstrapMyth
The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" originated as a 19th-century joke about doing the physically impossible. Now it's the foundational lie of American capitalism. #BootstrapMyth
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" originated as a 19th-century joke about doing the physically impossible. Now it's the foundational lie of American capitalism. #BootstrapMyth
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February 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Why Do We Hate Poor People? Part 2
Because we’re told the system is fair.
Meritocracy frames poverty as failure, and success as proof of virtue. It leaves no room to question the system itself.
bjturnbull.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
#meritocracy #inequality #poverty #politicaleconomy #bootstrapmyth
Because we’re told the system is fair.
Meritocracy frames poverty as failure, and success as proof of virtue. It leaves no room to question the system itself.
bjturnbull.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
#meritocracy #inequality #poverty #politicaleconomy #bootstrapmyth
June 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Why Do We Hate Poor People? Part 2
Because we’re told the system is fair.
Meritocracy frames poverty as failure, and success as proof of virtue. It leaves no room to question the system itself.
bjturnbull.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
#meritocracy #inequality #poverty #politicaleconomy #bootstrapmyth
Because we’re told the system is fair.
Meritocracy frames poverty as failure, and success as proof of virtue. It leaves no room to question the system itself.
bjturnbull.substack.com/p/why-do-we-...
#meritocracy #inequality #poverty #politicaleconomy #bootstrapmyth