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Case Study: In paragraph 8, Tolentino states that "the American obsession with self-reliance" is responsible for "mak[ing] it more acceptable to applaud an individual for working himself to death than [arguing] that an individual working himself to death is evidence of a flawed economic system." The American ideal of "self-reliance" is best expressed in Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay of that name, published in 1841. In it, Emerson states:
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Question: What connection do you see between Emerson's idea as expressed above and Fiverr's marketing campaign? To what extent does Fiverr distort or manipulate Emerson's idea? To what extent does Tolentino? Answer this with at least a paragraph.