#horatioalger — Public Fediverse posts
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We work #DavidChase, #PeterThiel, #HoratioAlger & #Herblock into a review of a searing indictment of the #BabyBoomer generation. As if you need more reasons to read it. We review #BruceCannonGibney’s #AGenerationofSociopaths: http://the-agency-review.com/generation-of-sociopaths #sociology #history #culture
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#ClarenceThomas Shenanigans: Updated (no end in sight!)
“his ‘friendships’ forged through Horatio Alger have brought him proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege…
Several #HoratioAlger friends also helped finance the marketing of a hagiographic #Documentary about the justice in the wake of an #HBO film that had resurfaced #AnitaHill’s #SexualHarassment allegations”
#supremecourt #SCOTUS #Thomas #kickbacks #greed #Ethics #termlimits #justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html -
“But a look at his tenure at the #HoratioAlger Assn, based on >2 dozen interviews & a review of public filings & internal docs, shows that #Justice Thomas has received benefits — many of them previously #unreported — from a broader cohort of #wealthy & #powerful friends. They have included major #donors to #conservative causes w/broad #policy & #political interests & much at stake in #SupremeCourt decisions….”
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CW: Long thread/9
Take #HoratioAlger, the 19th c American writer synonymous with #RagsToRiches thanks to the enormous volume of stories he wrote about young, male "street urchins" rising to positions of power. There are many problems with Alger's work and our conception of it. For starters, 19th c American street kids *overwhelmingly* lived and died in stagnant, grinding poverty. Nineteenth century America was not a country of ex-homeless kids who rose to positions of wealth and prominence.
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