I remember watching the American documentary series "the story of us" and being appalled. The people they brought on the show as examples of great Americans were not great people or scientific minds. It was the rich mostly. People that made money off others like those pawn star guys.
This is America. Be proud! This is what you should aspire to be!
Gross.
This is why i would rather read books about roosevelt, lincoln, feynman, MLK etc... than watch those stupid programs that keep glorifying people whose only goal on life was to hoard as much money as they could. I'm not american but there were a lot of great men who helped to shape america. People like JP Morgan and sam walton aren't what i would call great american heroes even though i bet most americans would disagree with me.