A deeper dive would go into why this seems to be such a quintessentially American pursuit. I'd speculate perhaps something to do with capitalism, and also mayb

A deeper dive would go into why this seems to be such a quintessentially American pursuit. I'd speculate perhaps something to do with capitalism, and also maybe a culture made out of people coming together from other cultures was more able to throw out "baggage"(ie context) and distil pure experiences.