Those kinds of difference goes all the way back to rugged individualism and whatnot. Or, less detailed but not less accurate: Because the US is the US.
“I heard a phrase once about Americans, so that must be why they’re sliding towards fascism. It definitely can’t be for the same reasons people have pointed to for a hundred years.”
The fuck would race have to do with anything you really are American.
Right, right, it’s not that Somalia is Somalia, it’s something in their “culture”? Right?
It definitely can’t be for the same reasons people have pointed to for a hundred years.”
What are the reasons those pointed-at reasons persist? Why does is that persistence more pronounced is some places, but not others? Can there be a symptom without underlying causes?
How come e.g. the death penalty is still accepted as a topic of polite conversation in America? I maybe shouldn’t have led with rugged individualism, e.g. Australians have a similar streak in that regard, the real core of the issue is that the Enlightenment never truly arrived in the US. Jingoism, understood as the general notion of “we’re already the best it’s impossible for us to get better by learning from others” also plays a large role, I guess it’s half your isolationist streak, and half strategy by the powers that be to avoid questioning of the status quo. There’s definitely policy in place to reinforce it through the education system – from limited and navel-gazing curriculum to the pledge of allegiance which btw is fascist AF.
Right, right, it’s not that Somalia is Somalia, it’s something in their “culture”? Right?
I specifically mentioned Xeer, no need on your part to speculate, or pretend I wasn’t being clear.
What are the reasons those pointed-at reasons persist? Why does is that persistence more pronounced is some places, but not others? Can there be a symptom without underlying causes?
Read theory if you’re actually curious and not just posting to post. Personally, I’ve come to think of inequality as being at the center of it all.
But the reason is certainly not “because <<country>> is <<country>>”.
“I heard a phrase once about Americans, so that must be why they’re sliding towards fascism. It definitely can’t be for the same reasons people have pointed to for a hundred years.”
Right, right, it’s not that Somalia is Somalia, it’s something in their “culture”? Right?
What are the reasons those pointed-at reasons persist? Why does is that persistence more pronounced is some places, but not others? Can there be a symptom without underlying causes?
How come e.g. the death penalty is still accepted as a topic of polite conversation in America? I maybe shouldn’t have led with rugged individualism, e.g. Australians have a similar streak in that regard, the real core of the issue is that the Enlightenment never truly arrived in the US. Jingoism, understood as the general notion of “we’re already the best it’s impossible for us to get better by learning from others” also plays a large role, I guess it’s half your isolationist streak, and half strategy by the powers that be to avoid questioning of the status quo. There’s definitely policy in place to reinforce it through the education system – from limited and navel-gazing curriculum to the pledge of allegiance which btw is fascist AF.
I specifically mentioned Xeer, no need on your part to speculate, or pretend I wasn’t being clear.
Read theory if you’re actually curious and not just posting to post. Personally, I’ve come to think of inequality as being at the center of it all.
But the reason is certainly not “because <<country>> is <<country>>”.