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In today’s competitive landscape, the performance mindset drives individuals to adopt a winner-or-loser mentality. This approach often embraces pragmatism, suggesting that cutting corners is acceptable if it leads to success. Factors such as low academic achievement in public schools and the struggles of minimum wage workers illustrate the challenges faced by marginalized communities. With influences ranging from corporate downsizing to political campaign financing, understanding the implications of a secular and materialistic society is essential to empower individuals and foster meaningful change.
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The Performance Mindset: You’re either a winner or a loser. Pragmatism: cutting corners to succeed is OK. Just do it!
Individualist Competitive, Social Darwinist Impersonal & institutional Secular/materialistic Capitalist
Mexican illegals Low academic achievement public schools Minimum wage workers Underfunded VA “health care”
Corporate lay-offs, off-shoring, & downsizing Employees working 39 hours Bucky’s & Stripes vs. Middle Eastern convenient stores Political campaign financers Weakling athletic conferences for non-affluent schools