The outside observer might expect that having or gaining money is viewed the same way throughout the world.
However, this is not the case.
The perceptions on what it means to be comfortably rich vary from country to country and from region to region.
An interesting case in point is the difference between the way this issue is viewed in the United Kingdom versus the United States.
In the United States money is often viewed as a status symbol.
It is the ultimate goal of many people to obtain as much wealth as possible.
Even the American Dream is centered around the idea that being comfortably rich is a good goal.
Magazines in the United States will devote entire issues to detailing the lives and riches of the 400 wealthiest people on the planet.
There is certainly a national obsession with wealth in America.
The United Kingdom is slightly different on this issue.
One might think that because both countries are world powers and are both economically stable and successful that they might have similar views on wealth.
This perception is both true and not true.
The United Kingdom too does have a glorified vision of those who live comfortably rich.
However, there is a little more restraint on this love affair with money in the United Kingdom.
Based on the way that the politics of the United Kingdom work, it is often known as a welfare state.
This means that the government of that country provides many of the basic human needs to its population.
The people there have grown accustomed to this system and like it.
They feel that they can count on their government to at least give them enough to get by.
This means that many of the citizens there are not worried about collecting up wealth.
They are more concerned with day to day activities that they may like to engage in for the most part.
It can still be said that a vast majority of people in both countries would like to be comfortably rich.
It just seems that one country (the United States) favors this idea a bit more than the other (the United Kingdom).
It is important to note these differences in perceptions when trying to understand the differences in culture that one might see from one country to the next.
In some places money is kind, in others it is not.
However, this is not the case.
The perceptions on what it means to be comfortably rich vary from country to country and from region to region.
An interesting case in point is the difference between the way this issue is viewed in the United Kingdom versus the United States.
In the United States money is often viewed as a status symbol.
It is the ultimate goal of many people to obtain as much wealth as possible.
Even the American Dream is centered around the idea that being comfortably rich is a good goal.
Magazines in the United States will devote entire issues to detailing the lives and riches of the 400 wealthiest people on the planet.
There is certainly a national obsession with wealth in America.
The United Kingdom is slightly different on this issue.
One might think that because both countries are world powers and are both economically stable and successful that they might have similar views on wealth.
This perception is both true and not true.
The United Kingdom too does have a glorified vision of those who live comfortably rich.
However, there is a little more restraint on this love affair with money in the United Kingdom.
Based on the way that the politics of the United Kingdom work, it is often known as a welfare state.
This means that the government of that country provides many of the basic human needs to its population.
The people there have grown accustomed to this system and like it.
They feel that they can count on their government to at least give them enough to get by.
This means that many of the citizens there are not worried about collecting up wealth.
They are more concerned with day to day activities that they may like to engage in for the most part.
It can still be said that a vast majority of people in both countries would like to be comfortably rich.
It just seems that one country (the United States) favors this idea a bit more than the other (the United Kingdom).
It is important to note these differences in perceptions when trying to understand the differences in culture that one might see from one country to the next.
In some places money is kind, in others it is not.
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