I was poor, but a GOP die-hard: How I finally left the politics of shame

[Kalidurga]

3. I remember him from way back.

I can't remember what sent me to my twitter account or how his story got there. But, this is a good example of how our cultural attitude of letting people sink or swim or pull themselves up by their bootstraps doesn't really work in the real world. Nearly everyone who has achieved anything in life financially has had the structure of a family that already has money. No doubt he was raised in a conservative family and it's likely his brain is wired like many conservative brains and there is nothing terribly wrong with that if you don't end up in a crisis situation. But, if you do it's dangerous. I have been there with my family and it's not pretty when help is needed but the adults are too proud to take it.