Why are americans how they are ?....

This week when we had our class discussions we talked a lot about the american culture and the american dream. A topic that came up most was how materialistic we have become. We used to live in small houses that fit what we had and now we need huge houses just to contain all the junk that we have bought. People even go shopping just to walk around and look for something new and exciting to show off to their friends. America also doesn't have its own culture. It is made up of so many places and so many different kinds of people that it has to spread and be super diverse. Even going to a different city or state there are so many different rules or styles and kinds of people that you run into. There are a billion different kinds of foods that we have at our finger tips and even a billion different brands for the billions of different kinds of foods. We don't need that much variety. In america we have our stores open 24 hours a day, compared to the stores in Germany that are only open until 8 during the week, 4 on saturdays and closed on sundays. This shows that americans don't value their time and that we have so much to do we want to go grocery shopping at our leisure. We need to sit back and take things slow and appreciate the time that we have.