strength in our culture

What exemplifies strength in our culture?

I think strength in our culture is now found with the people with more money with most. I really wish this wasn't the case, but I believe the people with more money, in our society, are seen as strong, because , unless you're born with money, you have overcome great odds to build your "empire" up from nothing. There are, of course, other ways to look at strength in our culture, as well. I don't think anyone would disagree that a single-mom living off welfare with 8 kids is a strong woman, and all she does in her life is make sure there's food on the plate of those kids. If you were to ask this same question to peiple where I come from, you would get a totally different perspective on what being strong is. In Madera, there are a lot of people that would agree you're not strong unless you run a couple blocks, slang yo' shit and protect your area and your "family". It really depends on who you're asking on what the answer to this question would be.