OH, MARVELOUS

by L. Robert Kohls

This is incredible. It’s strange to read a list of “American Values” and realize that everything you’ve ever known to be true is just a choice we make that (many) other people in the world find strange and/or unnatural. This is an incredible read. But since you’re all Americans, and won’t read the whole thing, I’ve pulled out some of the goods. Here are 13 things to think about…

1. PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE ENVIRONMENT

…Most Americans find it impossible to accept that there are some things that lie beyond the power of humans to achieve. And Americans have literally gone to the moon, because they refused to accept earthly limitations…

2. CHANGE

…the belief that we can do anything and the belief that any change is good—together with an American belief in the virtue of hard work and the belief that each individual has a responsibility to do the best he or she can do have helped Americans achieve some great accomplishments…

3. TIME AND ITS CONTROL

…Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things accomplished on time (according to a predetermined schedule) than they are with developing deep interpersonal relations…

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