It's so tiresome how the same folks who claim to believe in the personal responsibility "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" ideology rally around a guy who had everything handed to him and takes responsibility for NOTHING.
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Oh, they only believe people who aren't THEM should do that, after they've removed the bootstraps from the boots, of course. And removed the boots. And made boots unaffordable.
I know many that said this as their privilege got the "front" of the line even without needing much more than being privileged. 3 brothers, husband, numerous others I know have always benefited from it. They say they did it themselves! No they have not. I have told them this to their faces too!
Umm, that because they don’t really believe that, it’s only a sound bite to justify their lack of compassion.
And misunderstanding of the role of luck & privilege in our success.
I believe that we should help people who are trying. People making the effort deserve help and our investment. No one truly gets ahead by themselves. We get ahead when someone takes a chance on us, believes in us,and takes time to teach us. It's called a society because it's not just about you.
OMG! This is so true. Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers points out that so much of success is about luck and being in the right place, at the right time with the right skills to take advantage of life's opportunities. No one is destined for anything, it's all luck!
I think it has merits, but the 10,000 hour rule has been debunked so don't buy into that. But it is one of the books I read that year that at least started to undermine the American mythologizing of famous or rich men. Many of them were lucky to be born at a certain time in a certain place. Luck.
It's not tiresome, It's fucking exhausting. The orange dipshit has always been an underachiever. He will always be an underachiever. If you don't see that, label yourself an idiot.
What's disappointing is that government provides no training or even guidance about how to successfully pull oneself up by their bootstraps. Sure, it sounds easy, but I've tried many times and, believe me, it isn't.
The SCOTUS is to blame for granting the felon power to do as he pleases, disregarding the US Constitution, taking advantage of the authority the justices have granted him. Now, they or no one can stop him. It's too late. He should have been thrown in prison.
And who's been a LOSER his entire life ... from school thru many insolvent businesses, from lying to cheating to fraud, to dementia and serious stupid.
all of the jackasses that say that all have generational wealth, live in mansions and their kids never have to work. only the poor kids have to. these maggots show the infected wound that is America.
I think psychologically its a distancing/defense mechanism: "There's nothing wrong with him! (and therefore me and my similar ideologies) There's something wrong with you!"
Always the victim, never the problem, but as groupthink.
they don’t believe in pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. they believe others should have to because helping others might cost them a few cents or a little bit of time.
He gives them permission to cosplay taking personal responsibility on the one hand, while the government subsidizes their roads, their farms, and their businesses on the other hand.
We need to make "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mean what it used to mean. Doing the impossible. How that simple saying got turned around is beyond me.
Many of the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" talking folks never really believed in the idea, it just sounded safer in public and mixed company. What they were always thinking is "I ain't helping out a ni**er, porto rickan, chinee with my white man dollars, I hope they all die."
Just so it’s clear, the boot strap saying was a joke. Not a funny haha joke but a joke nonetheless. You can’t physically pull yourself up by your boot straps and was meant as an obvious and known impossibility.
Bootstrap crowd against pulling up your bootstraps
Also on their Greatest Hits mp3:
I want free speech
I want *you to live by the bible
I support our troops
I love our Veterans
I want FEMA now, or I'll shoot
The Dems are a bunch of liars, rapists, & pedos
Snowflake
Chemtrail something something
Putin just laughs in Trump's face and DJT's strength seems to be devoted to producing a weaker, disorganized US. I'm sure Trump still thinks he's doing great, no matter how bad it gets. He's probably working a nice shakedown on his tariff gyrations too.
What’s tiresome to me is almost nobody fully embracing the fact that a large chunk of the American population was radicalized by a sophisticated state, media industry, and tech industry-supported information warfare campaign over the past 20-someodd years, & we’re living in the dystopian aftermath.
Maybe my wording was confusing. I’m saying Trump takes credit for successes he had nothing to do with and sometimes takes credit for stuff that he made up.
None of them pulled themselves up by their boot straps.. every fucking one has had a hand out or are currently taking one.. every one… they just say that so the way can keep the money and blame people.. the rich is the biggest welfare class ever.. fuck them..
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the average price of a dozen eggs in the United States was $4.95 on 1/19/25, a record high at the time. $6.00 at Walmart today and headed up. What was he saying about Biden's price of eggs (FTR, presidents don't control the price of eggs, but they do control how we fight bird flu).
My opinion, for what it’s worth, none of the aholes could give a rat’s ass about anyone “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.” They only care about themselves. But the bootstraps BS sounds better than I’m a self-involved, greedy, non-human cretin.
Every libertarian I’ve ever met is a trust fund baby. At the opening of Atlas shrugged John Galt is working as a janitor. These people have nothing in common with John Galt, they’re looters like James Taggart.
Yes, and yes, they cherry-picked the parts of the book that made them feel good. I am not sure if any of these guys could actually produce something from their own mind or effort.
The focus should be on President Elon Musk. Donald Putin-Trump is simply a Decoy! Invite Elon to speak on all social media networks, INSTEAD OF Donald Trump-Putin! Ouch!
And it is tiresome that democratic leaders think that dealing with Trump is how you deal with NORMAL people. Stop playing nice and grow a pair. It's what the American people deserve.
If it's that easy to get ahead, tax the living shit out of the filthy rich. Surely they'll be billionaires again in no time at all, with all that bootstrapping!
Those same people act just like him in their own communities. We all know plenty of people just like him. they are the worst people no matter how much or little power they have as they make it their mission to make everyone as miserable as they are.
I don't think many people know the original meaning of the phrase "Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps." Was to indicate something that was completely impossible to do.
The very sad truth is Orange Jun Un's followers don't care as long as he gives them permission to casually drop the N word in everyday conversation, discriminate against anyone who is not white, or any LGBTQ person, as well as most women. I see it every day.
Yes and every one of them told their kids not to lie and hate being lied to and said the lie is worse than whatever you did
But here we are
Duolingo Russian anyone?
Well, they also hold him up as their symbol of alpha hetero masculinity. The guy who wears a girdle, wears lifts, who has bleached blonde cotton candy hair, who wears more bronzer than a real housewife of NJ, and who does a "jerking off two dicks at the same time" dance to gay anthem, 'Y.M.C.A.'
In the UK the common phrase is "hard working people". The assumption being that your average person coasts along. Prices are high, wages haven't gone up in relative terms for 16 years, millions are subsidised by the state because companies won't pay a decent wage. But poverty is a choice, right?
And most of them are career politicians who have not had a job that wasn’t funded by public money for most of their lives. They are the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
Anyone who doesn't believe that we were right by now should get on some medication because those motherfuckers have serious problems & need medical with their delusional mental conditions. He's never been more transparent in his entire life. His lies are as hollow as his mind & soul.
I couldn’t stomach it because I can’t stomach him, he’s a disgusting Pu$$y A$$ Bytch. He is not fit to even clean my bed pan so he definitely shouldn’t be called POTUS.
He blamed Biden for the BLM protests which occurred while Biden was still a candidate and running against him. Remember all the “This is Joe Biden’s America” ads?
Give Trump a break. The military school IQ test found at the military school counselor's home showed Trump's IQ was only 73. Trump is legitimately incapable of comprehending anything and does not have the mental capacity for critical thinking. He's only good at fraud.
I was kidding about giving
AND did you notice that he kept telling his various heads of agencies "good luck with that" at the end of introducing them? lol In other words, it's all on you, not me.
Trump’s policies are already driving inflation higher, with January’s CPI up 0.5%. His obsession with tariffs and economic mismanagement will only make things worse. MAGA voters, this is your reality.
Donald likes tariffs because it’s something he can throw around and bully people with.
He couldn’t care less about the economy of our nation. In fact I think he hopes it tanks. Vladdy daddy would be very proud of his double agent, Orange if it did.
Fun fact: “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” was meant to be a sarcastic phrase telling someone to do something impossible (I.e. lifting yourself up off the ground).
Like most things, Republicans don’t understand that.
Because they're all getting rich. So many shady things are happening. I truly believe insider trading is taking place. They are profiting while people are suffering.
Donald E. Westlake (Richard Stark) wrote this and Bronson is Freddie Trump and his son Johnnie is Donald Trump. And even though Parker might have worked for them it's more of a fear of what Parker does in working his way through that organization.
If, nobody ever made you take responsibility for anything in your life and constantly called you special, you never know how to properly behave like a human.
Why is it world leaders can see the horror of what is happening in America under Trump, Musk and the GOP, but not the elected DEMS. They wear pink and hold up ping pong paddles with snarky comments. Just infuriating and pathetic🤬🤬
Exactly. My mother was talking about how smart Leon was a few years ago, I asked why she thought this, I told her he’s rich because of his grandparents emerald mine, he paid for his “inventions” to be made, paying smart people is what he did, all DEI BTW
Well I find that true but also find this true to , What rich orange old fat white guy is going to help some poor person? I’ve yet to see rich people engaged with poor people anywhere.
Every single person I've ever met in my life that used the phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" (not as sarcasm) has had some type of familial head start in terms of a loan or an inheritance. It's a phrase used to keep people down and to justify their own racism.
You certainly know who your friends are when you hit a personal, financial or professional bump in the road (everyone does). Lack of humility, empathy and boasting that "I built this business all by myself" is a sign of bad character and the worst type of liar, the person that lies to themselves.
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Gives them joy, fulfillment, and entertainment
Sick minded people they are
And misunderstanding of the role of luck & privilege in our success.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-girds-trump-cases-can-it-be-an-effective-firewall-2025-02-07/
Always the victim, never the problem, but as groupthink.
Against immigrants but Trump hires immigrants.
Up is down, down is up.
They said they weren't the Nazi party for 8 years only to embrace fascism when Trump says I'll be a dictator on day one. But they're owning the libs.
Took money for Tesla and living off government contracts
Wish I could put you as a favorite but blue sky doesn’t have this
They believe anything you tell them enough.
It's just a lie they tell themselves.
https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/
Also on their Greatest Hits mp3:
I want free speech
I want *you to live by the bible
I support our troops
I love our Veterans
I want FEMA now, or I'll shoot
The Dems are a bunch of liars, rapists, & pedos
Snowflake
Chemtrail something something
https://candorintel.com/?p=1468
#eattherich
https://www.facebook.com/share/15rjZPCUK3/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Nor do they excel at reading comprehension.
While the country burns 🔥🇺🇸🚨 ?
But here we are
Duolingo Russian anyone?
By your bootstraps
Is such fucking
Racist misogynist
Bullshit
It’s like a joke
In our fam now
Oh…you got sick
And lost your house
To medical debt
(True story)…
JUST PULL YOURSELF
UP. BY YOUR FUCKING
BOOTSTRAPS.
Or a really bad drag king.
https://bsky.app/profile/tippedbeaker.bsky.social/post/3ljoolct2ms2i
He said it would be so easy to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours, now he's blaming it on Zelensky.
What a sorry ass bitch.
Gas prices are inching up, too. Biden, again?
Wait, were you lying?
We The People Deserve Better
He becomes more despicable, each day.
I was kidding about giving
He couldn’t care less about the economy of our nation. In fact I think he hopes it tanks. Vladdy daddy would be very proud of his double agent, Orange if it did.
Lol 😂😂😂
Like most things, Republicans don’t understand that.
110% truth here...
*Fuck Nazis*
That's the worst p*sser of them all!!