• isles@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You commented this, presumably, derisively, however this is exactly how it works for everyone. You use your parents to help pull yourself up. This is not a flaw or a failing, is it?

    The reason “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is absurd is because of its physical impossibility.

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      1 year ago

      The issue is some parents have more resources than others. If you, your family, and everyone you know is poor, what bootstraps?

      Yes bootstraps are physically impossible, but I he point still remains. Parents are not made equal.