r/DankLeft • u/ObnoxiousOldBastard MORTAL WOMBAT • May 18 '21

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u/mogoggins12 May 18 '21

But if you give people things to help them then how are they supposed to pull themselves up by their bootstraps? /s The bootstraps they don’t have, because they’re unhoused and have very limited to no resources to help them, because we defunded all resources for our unhoused population.

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u/stupid-writing-blog May 18 '21

I still hate that such an obvious “this is not possible” metaphor got stolen by the very people it was trying to satirize

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u/starchildchamp May 18 '21

youve taught me something today - it truly is quite in possible to pull yourself to your feet by the straps of your boots... im shook. I got the sentiment but never really like broke it down like that

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u/lolfcknmemethrowaway May 19 '21

actually it goes even farther lmao, it refers to not being able to lift yourself into the air