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Kraichgauer
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12 Jan 2018, 5:23 pm

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To be honest, I don't believe I've heard Trump, or any of supporters, refer to him as a "self made man," simply because it's pretty widely known that he inherited a s**t load of money from his rich father. They do, of course, hold him up as a business genius, which is a very contested issue.


I've heard them make that claim about him, while that religious fraud, Jerry Falwell, called him a "blue collared billionaire." (As it there really is such a thing.)


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12 Jan 2018, 6:03 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
VegetableMan wrote:
To be honest, I don't believe I've heard Trump, or any of supporters, refer to him as a "self made man," simply because it's pretty widely known that he inherited a s**t load of money from his rich father. They do, of course, hold him up as a business genius, which is a very contested issue.


I've heard them make that claim about him, while that religious fraud, Jerry Falwell, called him a "blue collared billionaire." (As it there really is such a thing.)



I guess there is now, and it will from now on be defined as the combination of the worst prejudices against working class people, and the worst prejudices against billionaires coming together in one person. the blue collar billionaire.

the opposite, the best of the working class and the best of the billionaires will be called a "white collar hobo". I don't think it exists.


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12 Jan 2018, 7:49 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
VegetableMan wrote:
To be honest, I don't believe I've heard Trump, or any of supporters, refer to him as a "self made man," simply because it's pretty widely known that he inherited a s**t load of money from his rich father. They do, of course, hold him up as a business genius, which is a very contested issue.


I've heard them make that claim about him, while that religious fraud, Jerry Falwell, called him a "blue collared billionaire." (As it there really is such a thing.)


I stand corrected, then.


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12 Jan 2018, 8:00 pm

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VegetableMan wrote:
To be honest, I don't believe I've heard Trump, or any of supporters, refer to him as a "self made man," simply because it's pretty widely known that he inherited a s**t load of money from his rich father. They do, of course, hold him up as a business genius, which is a very contested issue.


I've heard them make that claim about him, while that religious fraud, Jerry Falwell, called him a "blue collared billionaire." (As it there really is such a thing.)


I stand corrected, then.


S'okay! :D


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