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I’ve lived in the US my entire life, and I’ve come to feel like American society is one big competition to be more well-off than everyone else. Does anyone else
by booleandilemma 8y ago
I’ve lived in the US my entire life, and I’ve come to feel like American society is one big competition to be more well-off than everyone else. Does anyone else feel this way?
I think this is why I have difficulty making friends.
- sethammons 8y agoI think it is the type of people in your circles. Social elite, east coast, etc is where I hear that sentiment. I grew up poor. The only one-upsmanship I recall was in story telling or joking. Now as a well off adult, my social circle is much smaller, and since I just moved, it is about zero, but I've not seen this competition from my cohorts at work.
- tnecniv 8y agoThis is the same thing I experienced and I grew up in a wealthy east coast neighborhood. The parents were more competitive than their kids. Since high school, all of my close friends have come from wildly different economic positions.
- hasbot 8y agoNot at all. I, someone that too has lived in the US my entire life, have never seen any such competition.
- Fricken 8y agoHumans have always had a preoccupation with their status. In capitalistic you do this largely through the accumulation and display of material wealth. This is pathological. If you look a poor or pre-capitalist societies, the only way people can accumulate status is by being useful, and by being a good guy.