American Society
Classless Society
January 9, 2012 | 
Author Hello Pals!
Americans are generally very soft, polite and you will often hear “please”, “thank you” and “excuse me.” However, they are predisposed not to apologizes, as much as people seem to do in other countries, and they like only positive declarations better than negative ones. Generally, they try to be honest and direct when they are dealing with some other persons. They are also open and friendly, even if they do not aim to start a friendship with someone. The United States society is not really classless, because it is true that it does not have the same centuries old class divisions that survive in many other countries. Instead, it has a remarkably mobile society that rewards and admires anyone who is able to do well, especially if success involves making a lot of money.
While there is a confirmed class of white people of Anglo-Saxon origin, who have usually held wealth and power in the country, there are uniformly rich and powerful people from other cultural backgrounds. There is a more marked division between blue and white collar workers, which make bigger into most areas of people’s lives, from where they live to what they do in their spare time. Some behavior, such as bowling and playing pool, are seen as blue-collar and other ones, such as golfing is seen as white-collar. It is generally money rather than family environment that marks the difference in classes in the United States, except for a quite small social circle in the Northeast.
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Religion
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There are few subjects that Americans desires not to discuss with anyone other than their near and dear ones and these are said to be religion, money and politics. Generally, a new comer to the U.S. can ask an American about religious customs that are followed in that specific place, so that he can learn it. But, however it is impolite to ask directly what their religious backgrounds, who often build entire acts around how their family’s religion has exaggerated their lives. Americans on the whole are fairly holy and any religion that has ever existed on this planet will have at atleast a few followers in the United States. Of many, Christian groups are the most common, and conservative groups tend to be very active in politics. Though there are no official government religion, the separation of the church and the state are one of the basic principles of American administration.
Likewise, when it comes to money, it is considered to be bad to ask someone how much they earn or how much they are paid for their work. Since Americans do love to deal, they will sometimes unpaid helper how much something cost, if they got it for a particularly good price whereas some may do not like social arguments or heated discussions in the same way that some Europeans like to do. Therefore, it is not prudent to bring up the subject of politics unless you are sensibly sure that your comments are generally in agreement with the beliefs of the other person.
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