Lifting oneself by one's bootstraps

Self-reliance is a nice word. It is a good word and can go a long way towards making something of yourself. Computers do it all the time. A small program to give it a push and it's off and running doing wonderful things. They say a caged bird will not fly away when its cage doors are opened. So with people. Constant brow-beating and belittling and exploiting can deprive a man of a sense of being capable of changing his life. He becomes a burden on the government and a big bother to society. Having a lot of time in his hands and with nothing productive to occupy himself with, his mind turns to all kinds of stupid nonsense which only gets him in trouble.

He does nothing and accomplishes nothing so he over-compensates by talking. Drinking and getting drunk helps him along in his plight to escape from his own skin. This leads to more trouble for him. Multiply him with the multitudes like him and it becomes a big social problem. While the achievers and go-getters are getting ahead and becoming more and more wealthy and important, they leave behind a great many who would tend to become parasites and sycophants, hangers-on who do nothing but gravitate towards those who can buy them a beer or a hamburger.

The achievers in their never-ending quest for heights to climb eventually become so important they must lead the people; so they get nominated to political positions which makes them even more powerful and great. This feeds the destructive cycle of Patronage and Parasitism. ------

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