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I'm trying to decipher the implication. Is it that Americans have a unique understanding of friendship and influence?

• GauntletWizard 11y ago
  It's that 'Winning Friends and Influencing People' was a gateway to success, and an activity the vast majority of the population was trying to be successful at. Whereas a soviet book on navigating bureaucracy would serve the same role.
  • EdwardCoffin 11y ago
    Thanks yes, that is pretty much what I meant.
• zombees 11y ago
  "How to make friends and influence people" was actually written more from a sales perspective. The topics usually boil down to efficiently establishing trust with lots of people. While I'm not sure this is really what's being asked, it does actually make a little sense in a capitalist vs communist sort of way.