Americans conflate money and patriotism.
Discussion
It's the American dream! Get rich and live a life of leisure by using your wealth to rent seek.
Not Life, Liberty, and Property?
Depends on who's dreaming. There is definitely a significant portion of the population that thinks living entirely on passive income is the ultimate goal.
They will learn last.
Isn't this basically retirement?
What are the alternatives, if people don't want to die working?
Patriotism has ended badly for so many lives.
Its like a soft worship of state.