Comments on: America Works (Hard) III http://www.mattdude.com/67/america-works-hard-iii Thoughts on Life, Work, and Other Stuff Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mattdude http://www.mattdude.com/67/america-works-hard-iii/comment-page-1#comment-197 Mattdude Sun, 27 May 2007 03:10:34 +0000 http://www.dijitari.com/mediaworkshop/weblog/?p=36#comment-197 Glad you could stop by, Aaron. Always good to hear from you! Glad you could stop by, Aaron. Always good to hear from you!

]]> By: ATRUBIC http://www.mattdude.com/67/america-works-hard-iii/comment-page-1#comment-196 ATRUBIC Tue, 22 May 2007 08:27:29 +0000 http://www.dijitari.com/mediaworkshop/weblog/?p=36#comment-196 Yeah, but here "Democracy" and "Capitalism" - the words themselves - are LOADED with baggage - baggage that Europeans don't carry around. I know we see their system as one of entitlement but they DO have the benefit of history. Hey, we work our asses off but so do the Indonesians. The trick is to work smart. That's what most Western Europeans countries do - and have done. It's a more altruistic value system. I think its that simple. Hey MCupka - always great to check in on ya! Yeah, but here “Democracy” and “Capitalism” – the words themselves – are LOADED with baggage – baggage that Europeans don’t carry around. I know we see their system as one of entitlement but they DO have the benefit of history. Hey, we work our asses off but so do the Indonesians. The trick is to work smart.

That’s what most Western Europeans countries do – and have done. It’s a more altruistic value system. I think its that simple.

Hey MCupka – always great to check in on ya!

]]> By: Mattdude http://www.mattdude.com/67/america-works-hard-iii/comment-page-1#comment-195 Mattdude Sun, 20 May 2007 21:12:31 +0000 http://www.dijitari.com/mediaworkshop/weblog/?p=36#comment-195 Interesting comment bro, that's something I'd never thought about with regard to former Empires. I don't know squat bout this either, but it seems plausible that if a nation had so much tax wealth for so long, its populace would become accustomed to government handouts. -Matt Interesting comment bro, that’s something I’d never thought about with regard to former Empires. I don’t know squat bout this either, but it seems plausible that if a nation had so much tax wealth for so long, its populace would become accustomed to government handouts.

-Matt

]]> By: Voidious http://www.mattdude.com/67/america-works-hard-iii/comment-page-1#comment-194 Voidious Thu, 17 May 2007 04:34:46 +0000 http://www.dijitari.com/mediaworkshop/weblog/?p=36#comment-194 I admit I know jack about any of this, but it seems like it could be a descendant of the fact that these countries were once the beneficiaries of having lots of colonies producing wealth for them. (I know I'm generalizing, but...) To many Americans, it just wouldn't click that you "should" receive X amount of money if you're not actually producing that amount of profit for the company you work for, but in an imperialist nation that just isn't the equation. But yes, there are a million exceptions, plenty of Americans do think they deserve money just for existing, and I'm sure plenty of Europeans work as hard as we do. Anyway, I get pretty decent vacations and I'm pretty happy about it =) I admit I know jack about any of this, but it seems like it could be a descendant of the fact that these countries were once the beneficiaries of having lots of colonies producing wealth for them. (I know I’m generalizing, but…) To many Americans, it just wouldn’t click that you “should” receive X amount of money if you’re not actually producing that amount of profit for the company you work for, but in an imperialist nation that just isn’t the equation.

But yes, there are a million exceptions, plenty of Americans do think they deserve money just for existing, and I’m sure plenty of Europeans work as hard as we do.

Anyway, I get pretty decent vacations and I’m pretty happy about it =)

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