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Really? You can’t think of any examples of any other country doing this?
by hacym 4y ago
Really? You can’t think of any examples of any other country doing this?
- jrh206 4y agoOf course people in other countries do this, but anecdotally it does seem to be more common in the US. I think it's something to do with the American dream.
- jmfayard 4y agoI have lived in France and Germany and 95+% of the articles I have seen that follow this exact pattern to use as selling argument for $SomeTechnique$ the exact number of millions or billions someone made using $SomeTechnique$ were from the US. Perhaps you don't pay attention. It striked me because I couldn't care less about the lives of billionaires. People laugh at the 9 years old girl who wants to become Madonna but that dream is no more irrealistic and is IMHO less stupid than becoming Elon Musk. And no, I'm not gonna make 9 babies. If I have a child one day I want to do half of the parenting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the...
- hacym 4y agoStrange. Countries everywhere have this. I don’t quite understand your rambling, but maybe it’s you who isn’t paying attention if you miss this?
- jmfayard 4y agoThe spirit of capitalism comes from the US and has a religious background. Nowadays, many countries have a strong US cultural influence, no shit. I wish I was smart enough to make this up, but it all comes from this very famous book which summary I provided. Maybe reading books is not your thing, but I find it interesting.