Quiet thoughts

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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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American History 1988

"David, come check this out! I've found something interesting." Steven, seated in front of his computer, excitedly called over his roommate.


"Steven, it's not that boring Space Discovery magazine again, is it? You know I'm not interested in that," David from Texas preferred cowboys and revolvers to any so-called grand space discoveries.


"Come on, I can guarantee you'll be interested in this," Steven said, teasingly wiggling his middle finger in front of him.


"F*ck you, Steven, you look like a giggling idiot with that expression," David said with a look of disgust on his face, but he couldn't resist his curiosity and came over to Steven's computer.


"Look!" Steven pointed at the computer screen, "Mother F*cker, these guys are actually showing off their sizes?!"


"What?!" David was initially shocked at the content on the computer screen, then his face turned as red as his neck.


Chapter 50: The Most Beautiful Girl on Campus