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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 04:57 AM Original message |
Is the American need to have winners & losers in every human activity |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. It assures us of our moral righteousness |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This is also why the opinions of someone who is wealthy are given more |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. We've always had to have somebody to be AGAINST. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Lahf is one beeg cawmpetishun!" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. In an american indian gathering |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Much like the "pickin's" among mountain musicians! |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Selfish Gene n/t |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I have always been a great admirer of Swedish society because |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Norway more = than Sweden? |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Americans used to pull for the underdog |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Even the current craze in Outsourcing has its origin in this competitive |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. AUTHORITARIANISM is the scientific term for it |
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oscar111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. EQUALitarian, not EGALitarian |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yes--it is the root of our problems. If we taught our kids to work |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think this is the root cause of it: |
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northstar (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. Six Paradigms of Human Interaction (per Stephen Covey) |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. We crave the group delusion of feeling like winners, even if our |
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