Re: Biolabs in Ukraine
  By: TheCivvie to Jas Hud on Thu Mar 17 2022 03:27 pm

 >  JH> isn't that happening all over the world?
 > 
 >  JH> there's one difference about america.  deep deep deep deep down we
 >  JH> still have what made this country great.  if we get kicked around and
 >  JH> mandated enough, even a worm will turn.
 > 
 > It is happening to a lesser degree around the world. States like Russia have
 > almost minimal internal fighting.
 > Americans may all want the country to be great, but beither side seems willi
 > to work with the other.
 > 
 > TheCivvie

Well, there was not much fighting in Fascist Spain because Franco ensured
disidents were dead or in prison soon after taking power, so it was hard to
come out and complain :-)

From an anthropological point of view, half of America are the heirs of so
called "Shame Cultures". Think of really ancient Athens (ie. 4th Century B.C.)
where the sense of honor and independence in the citizens was pretty much
sacred. All the 2nd Amendment movement can be traced back to these cultures
which considered that a free citizen had certain rights by definition, and if
the government denied such right, he was not a citizen, but a slave. Being a
slave was a shameful thing so they did their best to keep their rights and
honor.

America is the last Western country openly using this as a political point, and
is starting to operate as a "Guilt Culture", with concerns regarding personal
rights still present, but fading away. Western Europe is a complete Guilt
Culture so we will bend over and take it in the ass if we think we can benefit
from it, because we don't have a strong notion of shame or honor. This is why
we openly throw our rights into the furnace if we think we can obtain something
in return.

You need to look into Asia for other Shame Cultures nowadays, I think.

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