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You might be right. I saw a survey somewhere (can't find it now), where Americans were asked about working in factories.

Majority said that USA will be better if more people started working in factories, but a minority said USA will be better if /they/ worked in factories.

It's the whole "I got mine" mentality, where people are not willing to compromise on their own comfort for the greater good, yet they expect others to do so.

I don't think this is unique to the US, I think it's just very egregious there at the moment.






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