Queen 1066Jul 24, 2025

A good read #theguardian #alissaquart #citizenship

I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/citizenship-insecurity-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’?

Since Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passports

The Guardian
Show threadCory DoctorowApr 10, 2023

In *Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream*, #AlissaQuart - director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project - addresses the #MeritocraticDelusion of the #SelfMadeMan, the story that, in America, the rich are good, and therefore the good are rich, and therefore the dwindling slice of the pie shared among everyone else is no more than they deserve:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bootstrapped-alissa-quart?variant=40517189599266

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John RefiorApr 6, 2023
Good interview with Alissa Quart, director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Marketplace posted a short excerpt from her book, but imo listening to the interview was more valuable than reading the book excerpt:
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/04/03/in-bootstrapped-self-made-a-dystopian-social-safety-net-in-america/
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#inequality #economics #Marketplace #AlissaQuart #poverty #podcast #books #usa
"Bootstrapped": The self-made myth and the “dystopian social safety net” it created

Journalist Alissa Quart says America’s myths about self-reliance have overshadowed the roles that communities play in financial success.

Marketplace