What we now recognize (and decry) as greed looks very similar to the force that created intelligent life from primordial soup. Greed, ambition, and Darwinian fitness seem close to synonymous.
Also, there's nothing uniquely American about considering greed virtuous[0].
Also, there's nothing uniquely American about considering greed virtuous[0].
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand