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It's shit like this that made Steinbeck call America a nation of temporary embarrassed millionaires.
by crdoconnor 11y ago
It's shit like this that made Steinbeck call America a nation of temporary embarrassed millionaires.
- volaski 11y agoWhat does "America" have anything to do with this? You could complain all day long about how bad of a situation you are in, or you could do something about it, and that's a fact.
- joslin01 11y agoI like you volaski.
- crdoconnor 11y agoBoundless optimism and "the power of positive thinking" are uniquely American. It's generally assumed that positive thinking is how you get ahead (another American belief), but that doesn't seem to be the case: http://www.newyorker.com/currency-tag/the-powerlessness-of-positive-thinking http://www.newyorker.com/currency-tag/the-powerlessness-of-p...
- volaski 11y agoHow is something as common as "positive thinking" unique to American? I don't understand how you picked up that idea. It's like saying "being courteous to elders" is uniquely Chinese.