When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.
I am self-conscious, and I'm aware of my body. But I struggle with America's limited idea of what perfection is.
The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.
A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.