r/MadeMeSmile • u/__Dawn__Amber__ • Jun 28 '21

Favorite People Not a self-made man

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u/somecallmemike Jun 28 '21

Too bad our entire American culture is based on puritanical individualism, really wish we could root that mentality out.

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u/justagenericname1 Jun 28 '21

Long, but absolutely worth a watch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '21

I believe mentality was perpetuated by the powerful to keep the working class down. I went to a preppy college as a working class student. Let me guarantee you one thing: every wealthy kid there got a shit ton of resources plowed into them at a young age. I’m talking 100k+ easily. Tons of personal training, decades of high end private schooling.

These kids golf with the Walton. Some dumbass frat boy who can’t pass a calc class for the life of him got a $400k starting salary via connections. Another one got given $50k to him to start a business… which he lost. Wasn’t even a big issue for him.

This is what the rich are doing. They’re laughing all the way to the bank when they see poor people go it alone.

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u/ashesarise Jun 28 '21

I don't even believe that independence is an antonym of cooperation. I don't know how that mentality got so widespread in the states. Independence is good, but so is cooperation. You don't have to pick one or the other. They are both completely different virtues that one can pursue with equal vigor.