“ The problem comes when their business success bleeds into a near mythical conviction in their own supreme mind, body and spirit. It grows when this myth informs a worldview that says they made it without assistance so everyone else can if they try hard enough. And it explodes into real danger when this worldview shapes their political views and they use their own small sample size and experience as a universal truth that drives their political funding and support. “
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“ The problem comes when their business success bleeds into a near mythical conviction in their own supreme mind, body and spirit. It grows when this myth informs a worldview that says they made it without assistance so everyone else can if they try hard enough. And it explodes into real danger when this worldview shapes their political views and they use their own small sample size and experience as a universal truth that drives their political funding and support. “
WLMS is not new: https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology