Warning: this post is a generalisation that could offend some people. I’m writing it because I feel I have to.
This reads _very_ American. By that I mean both a good and, more so than ever in 2020, a bad thing.
The good is obviously the undying optimism, self belief resilience and competitiveness I see displayed in the American way of life so often.
The bad is how it lays the responsibility for outcomes solely at the individual’s feet. “Not terribly successful? Stop blaming your kids, your marriage, it’s YOUR fault, you’re the one not doing enough”.
When does society get a share of the blame? When do you stop playing a game that’s rigged against you? Do you forever keep doing _more_ reducing yourself to a life of penitence and toil to be “exceptional”?
This black or white, if I’m not a winner I’m a loser mentality is terribly unhealthy to the individual, society and frankly, to other nations.
This reads _very_ American. By that I mean both a good and, more so than ever in 2020, a bad thing.
The good is obviously the undying optimism, self belief resilience and competitiveness I see displayed in the American way of life so often.
The bad is how it lays the responsibility for outcomes solely at the individual’s feet. “Not terribly successful? Stop blaming your kids, your marriage, it’s YOUR fault, you’re the one not doing enough”.
When does society get a share of the blame? When do you stop playing a game that’s rigged against you? Do you forever keep doing _more_ reducing yourself to a life of penitence and toil to be “exceptional”? This black or white, if I’m not a winner I’m a loser mentality is terribly unhealthy to the individual, society and frankly, to other nations.