Does american culture envy people who are more talented/gifted than themselves?

[Person Man]

EVERY culture envies their betters.

[Person Man]

Perhaps the lore of exceptionalism has taken the place of actually being exceptional.

[Person Man]

     All too often, Americans fall into the trap of mistakenly believing that there is something special or worthwhile about people like them. It's true that all countries & peoples fall prey to this to some extent, though our society does distressingly little to shatter the myth that being common is good.

     *End elitist rant*

It's not elitist, its really an attack on the self-rightous ...(tee hee)...lazies.