• letsgocrazy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Look, I don’t think it’s merely about mental health spend either.

    I genuinely think that Americans are not very laid back.

    It’s mir magic - some nations are more laid back than others.

    You say the word “hysterical” doesn’t help.

    But it’s what you need to hear.

    Everything has to be coated with so much sugar you all get fat and the meaning is lost.

    Yeah. That’s what’s it is. You’re just all always looking for drama and shit to get upset about.

    It’s not more complicated than that. It doesn’t need everyone to sit down and get to therapy or make a TV show show about your pain.

    It’s just that you’re all always looking for drama.

    • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id
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      1 year ago

      You are simply describing the effects of political and social polarization. I blame it primarily on a decades-long process of consolidation of wealth, influence and opportunity in the hands of an elite few, but no doubt there are other factors at play as well.

      On the flipside I am very much opposed to any theory of the case that has it as being somehow uniquely American. It’s not an American thing; it’s a human thing that can happen in any country and has in fact happened in many countries throughout history. It does not require that we posit some kind of national hysteria that’s unique to Americans when we can, with far fewer assumptions, simply point to polarization.

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        1 year ago

        Polarisation isn’t that bad in Europe. We take things in our stride better.

        We’re not constantly freaking out over tiny things.

        America seems neurotic.

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          1 year ago

          Yes, polarization is the relevant factor, as I said. What part about this do you not understand?

          It’s not as if Europe has a great record in this sense either. One look at the last century tells us everything we need to know about how susceptible European populations are to polarization.

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          Polarisation is absolutely that bad or worse in Europe. Poland and the UK are two good examples.

          Oh, and holy shit, Germany, etc. with lockdowns and such with covid. They went nuts.

          Oh, and how about riots in France every year? Come on. For a relatively small country, they flip out and set fire to things WAY more often than the USA does.