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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hesitate to jump in but I definitely think the anxiety around this topic is class based and a bad sign for the country.  Yes, there is a class system in this country and it is becoming more extreme as highly paid/highly educated people marry each other and live with their peers.  
People who have class status worry about their kids losing it and those that don't are pushing for their kids to access it.  
I dated a Boston Brahmin in my 20's and his family would literally describe people as NOK (not our kind) out loud as though that was acceptable.   I guess now they apparently worry their own kids  will be NOK . . . 
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Is this anxiety about class status an American thing, as well as an Indian thing?

Are we all ruining our health with stress and competition?

Have you not traveled the world and met people who have meaningful lives and careers but much less stress, and are extremely happy?   I have.

I’m really questioning what is happening to us here…. [/quote]

Greed and selfishness[/quote]

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