The+View+From+Outside

The subject of 'Americans' is widely talked about around the world. The fact of the matter is, the view Americans have of themselves is indeed very different from that of the world's.

Many countries in the world see Americans as people who have only something on their mind: $



When people think of money, they also think of the objects you can buy with it. This is where the materialism idea comes in.

 "In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned."— Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1836

media type="youtube" key="-AvkgrXb-dU" height="385" width="480" Many people have the idea that Americans like to spend their money on superfluous things, which is largely but not completely true.

Egotism

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