As an insider I think you are right. We seam to have this cultural competition to see who can claim be the most traumatized.
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gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 2 weeks agoamerica has a “suffering is good, actually” culture. you see this in every aspect in life, especially work culture, it seems to me (as an outsider)
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Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Very much so. I think it’s the very long hangover from the “Protestant Work Ethic” which was always just a moralistic way for bosses to punch down on their worker-slaves. Things like “quiet quitting” and so on are a response to that, but you’re right that it has permeated every aspect of American culture. It’s a broad and deep problem.