Non-Fiction

llmart

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3. I agree with what you said...

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 06:38 PM

Nov 2017

I was put off by the fact that he had the GI Bill to help him through college but went on to castigate other sorts of government assistance that help people from his socioeconomic class who don't have the benefits a veteran does. He also didn't have any real solutions, just the premise that we shouldn't rely on the government.

He gives an awful lot of credit to his grandparents, but does he realize that there are some people who don't have even that? I didn't. I didn't have grandparents and my parents were both dead before I turned 22. He also doesn't delve into how much fortitude is just a part of your personality/constitution when you're born.

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I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". [View all] llmart Nov 2017 OP

I want to read it, too. Laffy Kat Nov 2017 #1

Read it snowybirdie Nov 2017 #2

I agree with what you said... llmart Nov 2017 #3

I have not read the book, but I've read a review or two PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #5

This is where he posed a dichotomy, at least to me. llmart Nov 2017 #10

Wow. I would love to sit down with you over a beer or several. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #11

Your story is interesting. llmart Dec 2017 #15

Resourceful and tenacious. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #18

I started it, but I couldn't get too far. I found the self-destructive and violent behavior Squinch Nov 2017 #4

Some info on the book and author left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #6

I understand that Vance now resides in Columbus, Ohio. No Vested Interest Nov 2017 #8

He's an Ohio State graduate. llmart Nov 2017 #9

people have been brainwashed since the rise of ronny raygun on what is good. pansypoo53219 Nov 2017 #7

I listened to the audiobook. Neoma Dec 2017 #12

That's sort of how I felt. llmart Dec 2017 #13

When I moved up north I was called a Hill William Neoma Dec 2017 #14

LOL llmart Dec 2017 #16

Oh thats happened to me. (sort of) Neoma Dec 2017 #17