3 ms·
Right on. The US was not settled by privileged people who could go back and live with their parents. Many came with absolutely nothing. Having grown up poor
by stretchwithme 9y ago
Right on.
The US was not settled by privileged people who could go back and live with their parents. Many came with absolutely nothing.
Having grown up poor myself, I find it strange to have people classify me as privileged. They see success and make up their own story about it. The ideas they've accepted are more important than the real world.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoDidn't almost all of our founders come from privilege?
- stretchwithme 9y agoThe settling of the country started many decades before the founding of the United States. The Pilgrims arrived in 1620, 156 years before independence was declared.
- sidlls 9y agoThe pilgrims were a large and sufficiently well connected group to arrange funding for their mission. I think they'd support the author's point.
- svachalek 9y agoSerious question: is it "risk" when you have literally nothing to lose?
- colemannugent 9y agoNo, I guess a corpse has nothing left to lose. Short of death, everyone has something to lose. Risk is the ratio of cost to benefit. And as long as the cost and benefits of some action are non-zero then there is a risk.