I’ve re-read that Altman quote a dozen times now and I can’t figure out what are these “certain parts of the US” he thinks believe working hard is bad? From rur

I’ve re-read that Altman quote a dozen times now and I can’t figure out what are these “certain parts of the US” he thinks believe working hard is bad? From rural Missouri to Manhattan to New England where I live now, I’ve never along the way encountered a (dominant) culture that thinks it’s bad to work hard.