That's... not quite true. I'm not excusing WWII, the reason Europe is exceptional is precisely BECAUSE things like that are an aberration and not accepted as a

That's... not quite true. I'm not excusing WWII, the reason Europe is exceptional is precisely BECAUSE things like that are an aberration and not accepted as a matter of course. They discuss them as a society and change their government when it gets out of line. Let's not forget that it was a democratically elected government in the USA that started...