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Its not very different, it just went overboard with parts of protestant ethics. And you can quite literally see the price of this. However, seeing and analyzing

by brnt 6y ago

Its not very different, it just went overboard with parts of protestant ethics. And you can quite literally see the price of this. However, seeing and analyzing your own problems and wrong views is always harder than seeing others. Especially when you consider some of the ideas that lead to those outcomes as somehow fundamental cornerstones (right to guns for instance, but also the ethics of eye for an eye). American isn't changing faster or slower than any other place either, it just is favoring certain ethics that are counterproductive to a peaceful society. Reminds me of certain other fundamentalist places in the world. It of course makes sense it would turn out this way, many early settlers went across the Atlantic precisely to be able to practice their fundamentalist versions of protestantism. Some of that carries of into this I am sure. Seriously, take up some literature on deescalation tactics for police, and in particular evidence based effectiveness of such methods in comparisionto other tactics.

luckylion 6y ago
> Its not very different, it just went overboard with parts of protestant ethics. That's a small part of it, yes. But mostly, it's very individualistic, and it's very different from European cultures in that regard which will obviously result in very large differences in results. > American isn't changing faster or slower than any other place either Errr, yes it is. The demographic make-up of America has been determined by waves of immigration, that changes culture. And it has been happening much faster than in other places. You're rewriting history and I don't understand your motives.
- brnt 6y ago
  You should read up on Protestantism in Europe. Netherlands in particular if you want to understand American Protestantism. So many settled east(ern Europe) as well as west. Those story don't get the same footlight as American ones, but if you dig a little, it's there. It's really not different. Migration is similarly not exclusive to America. Tons happens in Europe too, we're humans after all! Moreover, country and language borders tend to create different spaces for local differentiation, which is something that is much rarer in the US due to the fact that Americans (almost) all speak English. It's no accident you will find most variance in places people do not speak English (Cajun culture, Spanish-American culture) or a very different English (South<>North, poor neighborhoods/cities vs affluent areas). Step outside of the Anglosphere!

by brnt 6y ago

luckylion 6y ago

> Its not very different, it just went overboard with parts of protestant ethics. That's a small part of it, yes. But mostly, it's very individualistic, and it's very different from European cultures in that regard which will obviously result in very large differences in results. > American isn't changing faster or slower than any other place either Errr, yes it is. The demographic make-up of America has been determined by waves of immigration, that changes culture. And it has been happening much faster than in other places. You're rewriting history and I don't understand your motives.

brnt 6y ago
You should read up on Protestantism in Europe. Netherlands in particular if you want to understand American Protestantism. So many settled east(ern Europe) as well as west. Those story don't get the same footlight as American ones, but if you dig a little, it's there. It's really not different. Migration is similarly not exclusive to America. Tons happens in Europe too, we're humans after all! Moreover, country and language borders tend to create different spaces for local differentiation, which is something that is much rarer in the US due to the fact that Americans (almost) all speak English. It's no accident you will find most variance in places people do not speak English (Cajun culture, Spanish-American culture) or a very different English (South<>North, poor neighborhoods/cities vs affluent areas). Step outside of the Anglosphere!