I'm sure it has a meaning, just probably not one you'd agree with?
I've had this debate with others before, and "self-made" overall tends to mean that an individual did something in isolation. I.e. It plays into the narrative that "no man is an island" and that we all owe our gratitude to the society we were part of, as if the society had some direct doing in it.
I've had this debate with others before, and "self-made" overall tends to mean that an individual did something in isolation. I.e. It plays into the narrative that "no man is an island" and that we all owe our gratitude to the society we were part of, as if the society had some direct doing in it.