This is a very American thing though, unfortunately... various demographic groups have been easily persuaded over the years that they are "special" because they

This is a very American thing though, unfortunately... various demographic groups have been easily persuaded over the years that they are "special" because they "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" and that if they could do it then others should as well. It's a very specific kind of gaslighting such that it's a miracle we have any degree of social services, even if the ones we do have are shit.