Kaka schreef:Mooier dan Wil Helberg kan ik het niet zeggen (stukje staat ook op de wiki, maar heb zijn boek ook thuis in de kast staan. Mooi boek):
It affirms the supreme value and dignity of the individual; it stresses incessant activity on his part, for he is never to rest but is always to be striving to "get ahead"; it defines an ethic of self-reliance, merit, and character, and judges by achievement: "deeds, not creeds" are what count. Americans cannot go on making money or achieving worldly success simply on its own merits; such "materialistic" things must, in the American mind, be justified in "higher" terms, in terms of "service" or "stewardship" or "general welfare"... And because they are so idealistic, Americans tend to be moralistic; they are inclined to see all issues as plain and simple, black and white, issues of morality
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Dankjulliewel, goeie uitleg