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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I am aware that many people do it. I was unaware that it had become a societal ideal.
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Of course it's not a societal ideal. Ideals are about how we should behave. Larceny is one of the ways we actually do behave, ignoring the ideals.
I'm not sure the people of the USA are really more larcenous than other people. I spent most of my adult life in a very culturally diverse area in Houston and had friends from a lot of countries and cultures and I found them to be about as honest and as dishonest as we locals. But I do think we are a bit more open about it.
Barry