Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Quart Alissa
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Quart Alissa An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made…
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Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Quart Alissa
An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilledThe promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central to the story of the American Dream. However, time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed.
Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition.Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our own independence and the conviction that we must rely on
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