[chomskyole]

I upvote you even though I disagree with your comment.

I have worked for US firms for a very long time. I'm not living in the US and have no family relations to the US. The cultural difference I observed is that the US if fully focused on profit maximisation to a point that can only be described as unnatural.

The examples you witnessed for me are just examples of people doing things because they enjoy doing these things. They don't optimise them for profit, they don't optimise them at all. They do them because it works for them and because it pays the bill.

The obsessive and excessive single goal optimisation of profit is, in my opinion, a cultural phenomenon linked to the US. It's worrying since it is quite an aggressive way of living....

[_xnmw]

Yes, that’s the point. Profit is more important than human well-being, beauty, culture, or anything else. It’s why I love the moderation of Europe, though even the EU is over-capitalized, hence I chose Ukraine.