My wife and I sat down to watch the Social Network this weekend. She fell asleep before I could hit the play button, but I sat through the whole thing. It was a horrible story.

As a story, it was horrible because 1) We already know the ending 2) You love no one in this movie 3) You hate no one in this movie

What I did like (and I think why Americans have flocked to see it) is the concept  which is the American dream realized. A young guy with no connections or family ties takes a good idea and makes billions. America has many of them: Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and now Mark Zuckerberg. There are many more that we have never heard of.

Americans love that dream even though we realize it will probably never happen to us. It is why the class envy card fails for Democrats.  Their only supporters are those who have already made millions and those who have given up.

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