TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps(media.kbin.social)

posted 10 months ago

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10 months ago

I figured that the people saying it meant “you need to find the strength to do this yourself since no one is going to help you”.

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10 months ago

“You need to find the strength to do the impossible because we won’t spend money on minorities and poor people” is how it is used today.

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