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Narcissism Watch: Spend Money to Look Like the "Working Man"

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I have worked at a junk yard and detasseled corn. I know something of the "working man." I made many sacrifices and worked very hard so that I would not end up like the working man. Indeed, my father and I got into a huge argument when I was young: He made me quit my job at the junk yard, since he got the impression I enjoyed it too much. (Thanks, Dad.) It's a tough life.Compare a 50-year-old lawyer to a 50-year-old factory worker. Law is a grind is just metaphor. Lawyers like to whine. Waah, law is so tough. Yes, it is. So what? Go work in a factory for one week if you've forgotten (or never knew) what a real grind is. Consider it "Scared Straight!" for lawyers. In any event, people who have never worked a day in their lives nonetheless want to be perceived as rugged working men...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).

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