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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do republicans have this attitude? They completely lack any empathy or sympathy for people who have different circumstances than themselves. They cannot fathom that some people have been systematically oppressed both individually and at an institutional/macro level and the “bootstrap” method doesn’t work for everybody.

I am pretty sure republicans could see a starving child and eat a sandwich in front of them and tell them they should have figured out how to get the sandwich themselves by pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and being a better person. [/quote]

It’s easy to lecture others about pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps when the system gives you an impressive array of material advantages that the bootstrapper couldn’t even dream of enjoying.

Republicans crowing that others should bootstrap themselves are almost invariably individuals who got lucky, exploited others, or inherited it. Few, if any, could rebuild from the ground floor if they had to start over with nothing.[/quote]

So, Republicans believe there is a mechanism there you can bootstrap yourself.  This may or may not be the case, however in rural areas it isn't cut and dry there is quite a bit of land and resources.  There used to be more, but there still are.  So yeah, there are people that go out and bootstrap themselves nice lives.  Start working in coal mines then own them.

What exactly is the mechanism in an urban area for doing such.  There isn't one it's all locked down tighter than a Microsoft SharePoint platform.  BTW which school did you go to?[/quote]

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