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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by eecc on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:58AM (#19581102)
> Not trying to be rude here but "the morally right thing...(is to) make a better future for YOU" is really laughable honestly. I am not broadly traveled but this sort of sentiment seems uniquely American.

I think it has something to do with Calvinism and how it basically provides moral coverage for the status-quo: your wealth is a reflection of your morality so that have whatever you have, you deserved it.

Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by spiralx on Saturday April 06, 2019 @04:19AM (#19589838)
Creeping Calvinism is indeed a thing that exists in America, hence the existence of things like the prosperity gospel.