What is meant by this: "Why be a man when you can be a success"?
What is meant by this: "Why be a man when you can be a success"?

"Why be a man when you can be a success?" translates into "Why should you be a man when you can be a success?"
Could I regard "Why infinitive" as "Why should S infinitive"?

And it means that you should be selfish when you have a chance to success?

Question

What is meant by this: "Why be a man when you can be a success"?
What is meant by this: "Why be a man when you can be a success"?

"Why be a man when you can be a success?" translates into "Why should you be a man when you can be a success?"
Could I regard "Why infinitive" as "Why should S infinitive"?

And it means that you should be selfish when you have a chance to success?

Answer

It's hard to say without more context. "Be a man" can mean literally "be a male human being", but it can also mean "do the right thing" or "act the way our culture believes men out to act"

I guess that it means something like "Being successful is more important than being good." But I can't say for sure