American History 1988
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Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.
At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.
As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.
College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.
To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.
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Quiet thoughts · Urban
the timeline is wack. the mc was born in 1907, then he's talking about going to the Philippines and managing it himself in exchange for renouncing his position as the heir to the Spanish throne. the thing is, the Philippines as a Spanish colony only lasted till 1898. America should be ruling the Philippines at this point in time.