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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
yep that's why there are people who are crossing borders and willing to illegal aliens in a foreign country. no I'm not talking about just America, people are doing this all over the world, it's called looking for opportunity and trying to get one. but apparently it's too bootstrappy to be for realz.
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You're confusing issues here. If what Ace is claiming was true, folks wouldn't need to come here. They could just work their way up the sweatshop ladder.
This isn't directed toward you, but since you brought up the term "bootstrap" I feel the need to say it. The funny thing about picking yourself up by your own bootstraps is that it's physically impossible. That's right. The metaphor that is used to describe the pursuit of the "American Dream" refers to a physically impossible phenomena. They might as well use the metaphor "Flowing water uphill" or "Violating the second law of thermodynamics."