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None of those things are particularly American, or even western.

• enraged_camel 5y ago
  As someone who was born and raised overseas, I would say they take up a much larger space in the American psyche though.
  • refurb 5y ago
    Oh hell no. Spend some time in Asian countries and you’ll see capitalism and the love of money comes very naturally.
  • EvilEy3 5y ago
    Everybody loves money.
    • blooalien 5y ago
      > "Everybody loves money." Yeah, not everybody. I love some of the things that money can buy, buy I genuinely hate money. Love of money brings out the absolute worst in humanity far too often, and lack of enough money causes entirely too much misery. The old phrase "money is the root of all evil" isn't all that far off from true. Greed and love of money are the cause of more problems on this planet than I can count (and I'm pretty damned good at counting).
      • EvilEy3 5y ago
        It is human nature to be greedy, because this is how we evolved. What causes problems is inequality, not money per se.