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Every European knows that, in Europe, wealth could only be
acquired at the expense of other human beings. To a
money stands for the freedom to act at will, which also means that
he says, "I want to have as much money as I can and others to have
5 as little money as possible."
? In the United States, wealth was also acquired by stealing, but
the real victim was not other human beings but poor Mother Earth
and her creatures The Indians were driven out, for they had
never realized the potential riches of their country.
10 3 Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American,
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until quite recently, could look forward to making more money
than his father, so that, if he made less money, the fault was his; he
was either lazy or foolish. What Americans think much of is a
man's power to make money.
154 And a rich American is proud of being able to make a financial
contribution to a variety of things. In no society in history have
rich men given away so large a part of their wealth. On the other
18 hand, a poor American feels guilty about being poor.
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