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Manly equals self-reliant.
In this moment of American triumphalism, it's hard to resist the temptation to rewrite recent history as the narrative of America's self-reliant, inevitable rise, and to see the future as the story of America's continued ascent into the higher reaches of the New Economy.
Traditionally in America, dependence was dishonorable for men; women were allowed to be taken care of, as part of caring for others; men instead have been pushed to become self-reliant.
He says Type O is the most ancient blood group, the one of the carnivorous big-game hunter, the self-reliant, risk-taking optimist.