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Celebrating the entrepreneur is not a solution for societywide problems like discrimination and unemployment: “Putting our faith in the promise of individual business ownership is both overly simplistic and a political smokescreen that blocks alternative visions to addressing social problems."

newrepublic.comThe Cult of the EntrepreneurWhy do Americans idealize people who found businesses?

18/3/25, 8:04 pm15 reposts65 likes

mmkeefe.bsky.social

@mmkeefe.bsky.social

18 Mar 2025

They kinda seem to be a bunch of jerks tbh

Thom Moore

@thomem.bsky.social

18 Mar 2025

Businesses are only profit centers in our national enterprise. Government is senior management and CEO.

Dalton

@gdaltonbentley.bsky.social

18 Mar 2025

Winning the lottery is an admired accomplishment also.

Paula Fernald

@psf2025.bsky.social

18 Mar 2025

To paraphrase Steinbeck - Americans see themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires and continually delude themselves that the boat will right itself with them on top.