Tag Archives: Horatio Alger

shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dave

Sacred cow. The image of America as the land of opportunity,the near birthright that the current generation will surpass their parents and grandparents up the income and status ladder. Slowly, Americans are coming to realize that this narrative is still … Continue reading →

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to tell or not to tell

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dave

Its hardly a new problem. Racism seems inextricably bound up with our economic structure, and with ideology, what Veblen termed “invidious comparison” that clarified the complexities between dominated and subjugator such that it is almost inconceivable to think of  market … Continue reading →

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SOME THINGS MONEY CAN’T BUY

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Dave

In a sense it was an ideology of corporatism. Horatio Alger was attributed a  philosophy which was whittled down to its commonest denominator in mass media. Success manuals touted bourgeoisie values: hard work, frugality, loyalty to employers. If a man … Continue reading →

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RAGGED, TATTERED & PLUCK OUT OF LUCK

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Dave

Rejection as a virtue. Horatio Alger. His fable of the noble orphan who found a rich Daddy appealed to boys of all ages. The question is how did it ever get mixed up with the American myth of success? There … Continue reading →

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LSD- THE LONG SLOW DISTANCE OF WOODSTOCK NATION

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Dave

An antipathy to the material world and to the world of government, order discipline, and force went beyond a form of heresy. It is a constant theme in most religions. Think of Saint Francis, the son of a prosperous merchant, … Continue reading →

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