Strivers vs. Worshippers
Do we love the “bootstraps narrative,” or do we just worship wealth?
If you are unfamiliar with the HBO show Succession, which ends in about two weeks, it’s one of the better shows of the last few years. It’s essentially about the Murdoch family, here called the “Roy” family, and them fighting over what will happen when “Logan” (i.e. “Rupert”) dies. There’s another family in some of the seasons that gets less attention, the Pierces, who I believe are based on the Bancrofts, which is who the Murdochs bought the Wall Street Journal from. It’s all very ostentatious and people fly around to fourth homes on private jets as easy as some regular people might go to the supermarket. Obviously it’s HBO and well-written and it brings up a lot about class and money and trying to please your father and psychology and family dynamics.
Because it’s ending in a few weeks after 4–5 seasons, people are writing a lot of hot takes about it. Here’s a pretty good one:
Within that article, you have this section:
