CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS Man yelling at waitress for disrespecting him. Waitress no

CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS

Man yelling at waitress for disrespecting him. Waitress not being offended but assuming he’s not thinking clearly. This is one of the great differences between the culture of status and blame we have in america and the one that was ancient, but that the soviets imposed upon all. You can say “i did the right thing as I understood it” but you cannot say “you are a bad person and I am above you”. This “appeal to reasonableness” is a superior means of argument and you see it in certain classes but not in others. Why? It’s a big ‘shame’ in america to fail in thinking, but not a big shame to fail in business. In this country it’s the opposite. Its normal to fail in thinking – you just need to be understood – but it’s not ok to fail in business – they assume you’re a crook.

If we had rule of law here it would be a much superior society than that of the west.