I do agree with many of your points here, but just to nitpick...
> (fact) Americans are ambitious to a fault...9 to 5 in the suburbs is not an endgame for me.
So you state this as a fact about Americans in general, but then use yourself as the only proof. Isn’t 9 to 5 in the suburbs basically the end goal that most Americans dream of?
I definitely think that Americans are more entrepreneurial than most, but other cultures are equally ambitious in different ways.
> (opinion, maybe fact) The consequences of failure in America are lower
The idea of losing access to health care, going bankrupt and still being unable to rid oneself of crippling student loan debt sounds terrifying to me, and if I were living in the US I’d think twice about taking the sort of risks that I’d be ok with taking in a “welfare state”.
> (fact) Americans are ambitious to a fault...9 to 5 in the suburbs is not an endgame for me.
So you state this as a fact about Americans in general, but then use yourself as the only proof. Isn’t 9 to 5 in the suburbs basically the end goal that most Americans dream of?
I definitely think that Americans are more entrepreneurial than most, but other cultures are equally ambitious in different ways.
> (opinion, maybe fact) The consequences of failure in America are lower
The idea of losing access to health care, going bankrupt and still being unable to rid oneself of crippling student loan debt sounds terrifying to me, and if I were living in the US I’d think twice about taking the sort of risks that I’d be ok with taking in a “welfare state”.