Protestant work ethic. Work hard is Good. It's deep in the US culture. There's even a quote from Wesley about work in another comment here!
So deep that in the recent "i was fired from X" articles, the subject points out that their colleagues were lazy and they worked hard. Whereas a southern (or culturally Catholic) European would see that this shows their colleagues also hated the place, and that there's no shame in being lazy.
It's not an obsession and not something that can be stopped. It's utterly integral in all of American society even the left wing radical side.
Progressivism is basically the belief that doing hard good work brings Good things.
(A non protestant culture would emphasise belief and being a better person more than doing good works)
So deep that in the recent "i was fired from X" articles, the subject points out that their colleagues were lazy and they worked hard. Whereas a southern (or culturally Catholic) European would see that this shows their colleagues also hated the place, and that there's no shame in being lazy.
It's not an obsession and not something that can be stopped. It's utterly integral in all of American society even the left wing radical side.
Progressivism is basically the belief that doing hard good work brings Good things.
(A non protestant culture would emphasise belief and being a better person more than doing good works)