Hollis Johnson/Business InsiderThe progressive lawmaker argued nobody succeeds alone, and some people have advantages over others.Ocasio-Cortez said it would be "narcissistic" to claim she bootstrapped her way into office.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed the idea of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" this week, arguing nobody succeeds without help or support, and many Americans face an uneven playing field.
criticizing the concept of bootstrapping for African-Americans. The civil rights leader argued slavery, segregation, and stigmatization left many of them "bootless." "I worked my butt off to get elected against all odds, without any special connections or money," she wrote. "I worked double shifts and wore through my shoes, outspent 10:1 to get elected."
SEncerwal It's true, everyone needs help to succeed because no man is an island, it does not happen in real life because Nature designed a Competition rather than Cooperation. What could be the basis? For me, the existence of aggression among men so the dog-eat-dog world exists.
This impossible task is supposed to exemplify the achievement in getting out of a difficult situation by one's own efforts. This is something a socialist knows nothing about.....
To many of the fat cats got their government handout about four generations past, majority of them were born on third base with a trust fund and 10mil petty cash they had their Butlers drag to home plate for them. Maybe I am jealous?
It’s a physical impossibility for a person to be as dumb as she is, yet voila!
Was she not a bartender before joining congress? If that’s not ‘lifting yourself by your bootstraps’ then idk what is
Or work hard and not expect everything for free.