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Warpy

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Fri Jun-04-04 11:20 AM
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12. Horatio Alger

That old idea that anybody can make it, that all it takes is hard work. Well, lots of us work damned hard and don't make it, thanks to a lack of family connections or a lack of dumb luck.

It's the most destructive myth out there, causing a lot of self-blame in a lot of people who are doing useful work which should be appreciated and rewarded for what it is: the work that sustains this country.

Intelligence, ability and hard work mean nothing without opportunity, and it's time to drive a stake into Horatio's heart and kill the myth forever.

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