America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
America is a meritocracy.
This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.
America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.
America's competitive advantage lies in its human talent. All of us should be doing everything we can to cultivate and develop our work force.
Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.
In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.
Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.
What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.