I was told recently by a knob-headed cheerleader that, and I am paraphrasing, [View all]

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

Americans are selfish, unquestionably self-centered, and too self absorbed to do anything that does not benefit themselves."

Perhaps they were talking about the 1% but failed to add that qualifier, but other than that most Americans I know have been sacrificing a lot for years now.