Why do I notice this?

All my life , especially in this country- I've been raised to be self sufficient, hard working, intelligent and achieving. I notice constantly- time and time again; repeatedly- that others around me react to my "ambitiousness" negatively, either with a passive sort of disdain or a neglect, sometimes to an outright confrontation toward me. I've never understood the reasons for this fully, I think I do understand it, but I don't understand WHY. What ever happened to bringing the best out of eachother, celebrating accomplishments and all striving to better themselves. Now it seems like everyone just wants to blend into a crowd, are passively aggressive toward anyone that makes an effort, and are resentful of them. I Hate this attitude. Where did it come from? Whys it so bad these days, now? Is it to do with the breakdown of this country?

I don't remember it being this bad before, when I was much younger, but I could be mistaken. I don't think I am, however. I feel alone now more often than any other. Upset and angry and I am confused. I feel like many Americans feel these same sentiments and are caught in it, but don't understand it or don't know how to get out of it. Why's our society so competitive, decaying and toxic anymore...,?

I hate to think of some of the reasons I see why; progressive ideologies (ie feminism, political correctness, loss of freedoms, etc) ...everything's just so bad now, we can barely stand it. I feel so much tension and unhappiness around me, and I'm sure this post will be censored - of course.

What do you guys think? What is going on here..... What's happening with my country.

I can't tell if the post was censored or not, but I may have insight into why people act negatively toward your ambitiousness. I believe that it might be a direct result of the digitization of communication in our society. People don't interact the way they used to. Communication has become more impersonal. With the prevalence of social media, people have come to revel in the minor accomplishments and the empty praise (likes) that comes with them. Often, the most interaction people get from the outside world is from some news feed, blog, or other informational source. Due to this inundation of carefully circulated information, we often only tend to see success stories. With this in mind, people have become jaded as they haven't achieved such success in their own goals. It tends to have a reverse effect from what was initially intended (See this guy? He made it big. So can you). Instead, we see so many people living the lives that we dream about and wonder why we're excluded. "Why can't I be successful? I've got so many ideas that are sure to be big!" That sort of thing. Because of this particular type of self-loathing, people tend to look down upon the ambitious while secretly envying them. "What right do you have to strive for your dreams when I can't make my own come true?!"

Anyway. That's a theory.