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orangecrush

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9. Horatio Alger

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun May 1, 2022, 12:42 AM

May 2022

There is a "Horatio Alger myth" that the boy becomes wealthy through hard work, but this is inaccurate. In the actual stories, invariably the cause of success is an accident that works to the boy's advantage after he conducts himself according to traditional virtues such as honesty, charity, and altruism.
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The cult of Elon Musk: Why do some of us worship billionaires? [View all] marmar Apr 2022 OP

Nobody gets rich I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #1

+1 shrike3 Apr 2022 #6

Same servile mentality that is exploited by Trump and other authoritarians dalton99a Apr 2022 #2

For some reason, they think the billionaires personally like them when they actually despise them. LonePirate Apr 2022 #3

+1. Just look at the way Musk treats his employees - people who toil to make him rich dalton99a Apr 2022 #5

They're too stupid to know the billionaires have their boot on their neck. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #4

I have the word Musk on trash XanaDUer2 Apr 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m May 2022 #10

Propaganda. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #8

Horatio Alger orangecrush May 2022 #9