I'm concerned that the author pulled himself up by his bootstraps from foster homes to military to Yale, but came to a conclusion which reinforces the socioecon

I'm concerned that the author pulled himself up by his bootstraps from foster homes to military to Yale, but came to a conclusion which reinforces the socioeconomic circumstances of the very status quo that he overcame. This idea that egalitarian beliefs are elite because working people don't have time to dabble in them is maybe one of the most damaging remnants of colonialism in America. I lived that for several years at various labor jobs. Keep your head down and do your job or you'll get singled out. Somebody's gotta do it. Blame the elites spending our tax dollars (used to liberals, before that it was hippies, and commies before that). Hopefully we get past this self-limiting style of thinking. The truth is what sets us free. For example: working people thinking that hard work will lead to success is a tool that the wealthy use to keep people doing labor which isn't lucrative. People in crime-ridden neighborhoods know that the police won't come when they call them, that's why they want to defund the police and shift those funds to education and training to reduce the motivation for crime in the first place. Famous people endorsing ideas like Black Lives Matter isn't the same as a grassroots movement to root out systemic racism, although it helps. I hesitate to even comment here because it creates a divisive atmosphere. But I can't sit idly by when these quippy and truthy opinion pieces are put forth as some kind of insightful revelation. But see, that was the point. The piece itself stirs feelings of division and gaslights the lower classes he's talking about which don't believe what he's writing. How do we get to a higher understanding without constant vigilance? I honestly don't know. The US is working through some messy stuff right now. I think it begins with each person attempting to understand another's point of view. I would say empathy, but see, that word has been weaponized. We're losing the very vocabulary and civic engagement needed to heal the country.