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polly7

(20,582 posts) Sat Apr 28, 2012, 02:41 PM Apr 2012

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The Self-Made Myth: Debunking Conservatives' Favorite -- And Most Dangerous -- Fiction

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101626128

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Self-delete, dupe. (Original Post) polly7 Apr 2012 OP

The closest anyone's come in America were the whites who came and lived with the natives... saras Apr 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author polly7 Apr 2012 #2

Thank you, polly7. Good to read this. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2012 #3

saras

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1. The closest anyone's come in America were the whites who came and lived with the natives...

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Sat Apr 28, 2012, 03:10 PM

Apr 2012

... and, obviously, being adopted by an entire functional culture is hardly "making it on your own."

Making it on your own means that you develop your own language, and thought process, without parents. You discover minerals, and mining, and develop technology. At some point, you join the Western world as an equal, having duplicated all their accomplishments.

Is EVERY myth based in a profoundly stupid lie, or just Republican myths?

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Judi Lynn

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3. Thank you, polly7. Good to read this. n/t

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 03:11 AM

Apr 2012

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