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From the father comment, that was what you took away from his message? > "People are generally more relaxed to the point that it annoyed me for years. I attrib
by LilBytes 5y ago
From the father comment, that was what you took away from his message?
> "People are generally more relaxed to the point that it annoyed me for years. I attribute this to the lack of any concept of 'hustle' and not being worried about dying in poverty. I think a huge amount of the American personality comes from a subconscious anxiety over how precarious we live."
I think this was the bigger driver over his personal perspective of living in Europe vs the USA, though having beer readily accessible every where is certainly a boon but not the differentiator.
- alangibson 5y agoYou nailed it. The beer thing was just adding some local color. drstewart's comment is a great example of what I mean by the US not being a functioning society. What you have there now is a conglomeration of individuals all with their knives out waiting for anyone around then to trip up in the most trivial way. I believe this is caused by the anxiety I mentioned already, and it in turn causes anxiety in everyone else. Everyone becomes negatively charged and thus they repel each other.
- drstewart 5y ago>drstewart's comment is a great example of what I mean by the US not being a functioning society. Talk about trolling - pretty convenient to just hand wave any criticism of your own talking points away as proof of them. No, there's no subconscious anxiety here. I'll remind you that you brought up all the negative stereotyping and accusations, so maybe there's an imminent failure of Austrian society at play?