To think Brits dislike success?

[garlicmashpotatoes]

After many years of reading comments from posters on MumsNet and other forums, I get the impression that many Brits cannot stand to see people who have 'more than them' or achieve 'success' when they've worked hard to do so.

In America success is celebrated, and aspired to. Whereas in the UK it's often looked down upon.

Why?

@SnuffyAndBigBird

"look at the private school threads. People tearing each other down because they can't afford that for their kids."

I think you'll find most people object to private schools because they're an expression of the enormous inequality of educational opportunity we have in the UK that's so very unfair for the vast majority of children.

Your pseudonym is completely inaccurate, why not have the courage of your convictions, not exactly a centrist are you!

Hard to engage with this whatever it is tbh..

Saw a SM post yesterday about a survey looking at individualism and the role of the state. The question was something like - what's more important to you - 'nobody in need' or 'Freedom to pursue life's goals'. At 35%, Americans had the lowest number of people who valued freedom from need over freedom from social obligation to meet social needs. The UK was at 55%, Germany at 62%, France at 64% and Spain at 67%. The tag on the SM refers to the US as 'Land of the me'. I personally find the celebration of huge individual wealth a bit ugly when it's happening in a social context where so many people have unmet basic needs. I think income inequality generates social unhappiness and dysfunction. As evidenced by the USA.