There's even a term for this lunatic ideology; fundamental attribution error.

There’s much buzz among Amerikan society that if you save up, develop some financial literacy, and be smart with your money, the entire poverty crisis will be alleviated. It is foolish to treat such an issue as solely a moral perseverance problem, especially under capi…
“Just Work Hard and You’ll Make It”: Capitalism’s Lies and the Bootstraps Theory
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Corinne Nita
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Aug 22, 2021
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There's even a term for this lunatic ideology; fundamental attribution error.
What's also absurd is we have to borrow from the bank to get the pointless bootstraps!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/05/us-inequality-poor-people-bad-choices-wealthy-bias
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We need the social with the science to call it economics.
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