What it means to be an American

[primal muse]

Originally Posted by Buddug

I'm not American , so I cannot say what it feels like to be an American . I can however give you an outside-looking-in idea . The thing I find extraordinary about Americans is how they work so hard . You hardly have any holidays , compared to the holidays we have in Europe . And yet you all seem to radiate relaxedness . Very paradoxical .

we work so hard so we stay distracted from the bigger picture.america tries to uphold capitalistic ideals, if you arent being productive in some form or another then that screws the whole system up.

i probably sound like an uber conspiracy theorist but i swear im not. its just the way things are.