americans love violence, yes.
Comment on Why is gun violence lower in Switzerland than in the US?
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
I’m convinced that Americans are just inherently more violent/aggressive when compared to the citizens of any other developed nation.
Even without guns, their murder and violence rates surpass the UK/Aus/NZ/Canada (so all the anglo-nations) and all of Western, Northern and most of Central and Eastern Europe.
AskewLord@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
The question is, why.
AskewLord@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
because it’s taught.
jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
it’s because our society is designed around the appeasement of the rich, instead of the common people. More people are living in poverty, in toxic conditions, or are outright homeless. This has been going on for generations now, of people living with nothing. When you have a gun, and can force people to give you what you want, the threat of prison isn’t a great deterrent when it’s literally better than your current living situation. Desperate hungry people do desperate things.