I have some simple, but effective logic for this.
- People use India, China and Japan as examples of countries where people work way harder than in America.
- Yet, America is more prosperous, and although we overwork, we overwork less than those places. Thus, we can justify the fact that overworking to the degree that Indians, Chinese people and Japanese people overwork, it's clearly unnecessary to work that hard to achieve American prosperity (which, in part, comes from our culture of individuality allowing for the individual expression enough to be creative).
- When other Asian countries are no longer overworking, there will be no argument about how they're working harder.
People in Asian countries work long hours, but there's more coercion, both culturally and literally, and the work is far less efficient than someone in the USA following their dreams and starting a business. Creativity and following one's nature is far more important for productivity than forcing people into the grind.