RE: Dear Americans: What's the leading cause of death among the young?
November 19, 2014 at 9:59 am
My wild guess is that Americans have a strong sense of individualism, which is good in many ways, but it also makes us more likely to take things personally. Of course, I am pulling this out my butt so feel free to ignore me. Lol
I have noticed that my online friends who live outside the US seem less adament about sharing their faith as they view that as rude but they are more likey to discuss their religious obligation to feed and cloth the poor. Many of the religious people I know here in the US not only are very vocal about their faith but are very proud to tell me what their faith gives them.(peace, joy, financial comfort). That is a simplification of course but I wonder if the same sort of entitlement that makes a lot of my American religious friends seem self centered is also why the US is more violent. Maybe we as a nation just have slightly larger egos
Think of all the people who angrily like to pretend that their success is a product of just their hard work. They completly ignore the parents who encourage them, the teachets who taught them, even the fact that someone built roads for them to drive to work.
I have noticed that my online friends who live outside the US seem less adament about sharing their faith as they view that as rude but they are more likey to discuss their religious obligation to feed and cloth the poor. Many of the religious people I know here in the US not only are very vocal about their faith but are very proud to tell me what their faith gives them.(peace, joy, financial comfort). That is a simplification of course but I wonder if the same sort of entitlement that makes a lot of my American religious friends seem self centered is also why the US is more violent. Maybe we as a nation just have slightly larger egos
Think of all the people who angrily like to pretend that their success is a product of just their hard work. They completly ignore the parents who encourage them, the teachets who taught them, even the fact that someone built roads for them to drive to work.
