Jealousy: Widespread, hidden poison

Are Americans as jealous as French are? I used to think not, but it seems to me that this negative trait, while alive and doing devastatingly well, is even more suppressed here than it is in my own country. It is there and everywhere, yet everyone denies it.

So what's a mentally healthy person to do? Both acknowledge its presence and ignore its sting, because it only affects us if we let it. Respond to it with a naive, ignorant smile and move on...