When you go to Prague next, try some experiments. Tell people that you’re a carpenter and people will treat you a certain way. Tell them you’re a smart IT professional and they’ll treat you differently. Tell them you’re a hobo and you’ll get different reactions. Tell them America is beautiful and they’ll ask you certain questions. Tell them that life is miserable in USA and you’ll see a puzzled look.
You’re still the same person, but the way strangers treat you generally has to do with perception of social standing and wealth. That will confirm how money is critical to life.
You’re still the same person, but the way strangers treat you generally has to do with perception of social standing and wealth. That will confirm how money is critical to life.[/quote]
But wait, I thought europeans cared less about money than americans do…I mean, it seems like what I’ved learned from this discussion is that americans are more materialistic than europeans. But why would wealth be that much of a factor in one’s social standing in europe?
