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1. A term of contempt applied to someone who believes the notion that every success they ever had in life was due to their own efforts and initiative. a. as in "pulled himself up by his own boot straps". b. Their success required absolutely no input from anyone else. c. Nor are they willing to admit that luck or institutionalized privilege had anything to do with their success. d. Furthermore, others would also be successful if they would just stop being so lazy and just to work hard and succeed, like the bootstrapper did. e. Usually held by neo-liberals and followers of objectivism.
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