Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for December 02, 2011
November 25, 2011
December 09, 2011
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Hollingsworth Hound in "The American Dream" Pendrick: Uncle Hollingsworth, is America really the BEST COUNTRY? Hound: Of course, Pendrick! And it's because the U.S.A. is a MERITOCRACY! Pendrick: What's that? Hound: It means that ANY child can grow up to be a SUCCESS here! Pendrick: Golly. Hound: ANY child whose parents can pay for their medical care! BARKS & NOBLE Hound: AND whose parents can pay for lots of books and enrichment programs! HOUNDSVILLE ACADEMY Hound: AND whose parents can pay for an elite school... Hound: ...and therefore can get proper nutrition! Hound: So, when you succeed, little Pendrick, it will be because you earned it! Pendrick: Yes! Hound: Upward mobility is the AMERICAN DREAM! Just ask any poor person! PUBLIC SCHOOL 34X LUNCHROOM Duck: Upward mobility? Yeah, it's TOTALLY a dream! Teacher: shut up an' eat yer vegetables! THE GREAT WAR
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If what the author/artist is trying to imply is true, then why don’t socialist and communist societies outperform the USA? Even those among the bottom have more in the US then practically anybody who was not among the elite in the USSR or PRC (before they wised up and began to adopt capitalism.) I went to public school from K-12 and paid and borrowed my way through a college education. It can be done, and it can be done by almost anybody if they care to do so. There is something to be said for personal responsibility.