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It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

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    यह उनकी चिड़चिड़ाहट की चिड़चिड़ाहट नहीं थी, जो कि निकोलाई को इतना परेशान करती थी जितना कि उनका सांस्कृतिक भ्रम। अमेरिकियों को जीवन की गुणवत्ता के साथ जीवन स्तर को भ्रमित करने के लिए, समान अवसर के साथ संस्थागत मध्यस्थता, साहस के साथ शौर्य, मर्दानगी के साथ पराक्रम, स्वतंत्रता के साथ स्वतंत्रता, अभिव्यक्ति के साथ उदारता, आनंद के साथ मस्ती - संक्षेप में, उन सभी के लिए आम गलतफहमी थी। यह मान लें कि न्याय सभी के लिए समानता का अर्थ है, बराबरी के लिए समानता के बजाय।

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