The nonexistence of a class structure is one of the foremost reasons why Americans lead the world. In many cases, "class" means separation of people into haves and have-nots. Because of the absence of class, we are not hampered by restrictions left over from the feudal era. That leaves us free to partake of the benefits of the world without the chains binding us to the past.
In my hometown in West Virginia, during the Great Depression, women who were immigrants from Europe refused to personally clean their houses. They paid someone else to do it even though everyone was short of money. They were imbued with the European class structure, which forbad such lower-class work. Americans, who don't use such restrictions, can achieve so much more.
Because of the equality of all, every necessary endeavor in life was to figure out ways of making life easier for all activities. House cleaning was only a problem to solve. Vacuum cleaners were invented to solve that problem. Better and sturdier mops appeared. All kinds of equipment for cleaning became a part of life. Sales of these tools made fortunes for their producers. Money was important to the "classed" but not important enough to lose their class restrictions.
In Europe, there was never any effort to assist the housecleaning chore. The lower class just had to adjust to the burden of being born to serve.
Another example of American success is the automobile. Few could afford a Rolls-Royce, but the elite could because they were born to affluence. Americans could provide cars for workers, and Henry Ford proceeded to furnish them.
In America, millions of purchasers were able to buy whatever the market produced. That was our treasure: workers who could buy things. The more people we hire, the more buyers we supply to the economy.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/class_vs_american_exceptionalism.html
In my hometown in West Virginia, during the Great Depression, women who were immigrants from Europe refused to personally clean their houses. They paid someone else to do it even though everyone was short of money. They were imbued with the European class structure, which forbad such lower-class work. Americans, who don't use such restrictions, can achieve so much more.
Because of the equality of all, every necessary endeavor in life was to figure out ways of making life easier for all activities. House cleaning was only a problem to solve. Vacuum cleaners were invented to solve that problem. Better and sturdier mops appeared. All kinds of equipment for cleaning became a part of life. Sales of these tools made fortunes for their producers. Money was important to the "classed" but not important enough to lose their class restrictions.
In Europe, there was never any effort to assist the housecleaning chore. The lower class just had to adjust to the burden of being born to serve.
Another example of American success is the automobile. Few could afford a Rolls-Royce, but the elite could because they were born to affluence. Americans could provide cars for workers, and Henry Ford proceeded to furnish them.
In America, millions of purchasers were able to buy whatever the market produced. That was our treasure: workers who could buy things. The more people we hire, the more buyers we supply to the economy.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/class_vs_american_exceptionalism.html
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