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Re:Mackenzie Scott Gives $1.7B to Historically Black College... by tropdrop on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:53PM (#24001657)
For an excellent example of "a true American by-the-bootstraps dream," let's look at George W. Bush's Wikipedia:

George W. Bush attended two years at The Kinkaid School, a prep school in Piney Point Village, Texas in the Houston area.

Attended high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and was the head cheerleader during his senior year.

He attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.

His application to the University of Texas School of Law was rejected.

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Re:Mackenzie Scott Gives $1.7B to Historically Black College... by threatofrain on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:00PM (#24004210)
If that's all he did, he really wouldn't have been notable enough for Wikipedia. But then he did that thing at the end, so now all the details of his life are just supporting characters to the main story.
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