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I mean, clearly we have the same ideal in mind--we would both like to seek out the most uplifting philosophy. No one is doubting that. But when people do need a helping hand, the American dream ideology has a tendency to make the well-off (middle- and upper-classes) hesitant to help.
Like, when I see a homeless person asking for money, I always feel bad that my first thought is "I wonder if he really needs it." And more often than not, I don't help because I assume the person is probably just lazy. And while there are deeper principles involved in that specific case (give a fish vs. teach to fish, etc.), I think that is an unhealthy default. It's a personal struggle against the mindset that, I believe, is rooted in the concept of the American dream.
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