Found this oldie but a goldie. People were saying I had a positive opinion of Sam's art only just recently but my prevailing opinion never changed. You can like a couple things someone does while not enjoying the majority of their catalogue.
Having a look at one of Miles Mathis' "favorite films" and the social commentary relevant at the time.
After I published this article, it dawned on me that popular Internet parlance has a phrase like this in people's minds thinking of Boomers telling the younger generations to lift themselves up by the bootstraps - which is obviously not the point of the article!
https://franssen.substack.com/p/complaining-is-a-lack-of-responsibility
Nice to be in a rhythm with these.
https://franssen.substack.com/p/arguments-over-opinions