Revolution 2.0

Introduction Not long ago, almost all Americans loved a success story. Hometown boy makes good. Little guy succeeds against all odds. But not so much any more, not so much at all.  That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing Has anyone heard of Horatio Alger? Horatio Alger Jr. was an American writer in the 1800s who wrote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_adult_fiction (young adult) novels about poor lads and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the “rags-to-riches” narrative, which had a formative effect on the United States at the time. My Dad once told me, after observing a summer of my reading science fiction in early high school, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” as he handed me a copy of a book detailing true first ascent mountain climbs. I remember reading about K2, Annapurna, and, of course, Everest. And my Dad was right. Those stor