The Maddening of America - Page 2

Skybird · 08-02-13, 07:10 AM

http://www.project-syndicate.org/com...liah-greenfeld

Do not see this as a hidden attempt of America-bashing, but see the clinical view of the author (and in my intention).

The numerical weights might differ a bit, and maybe there is a bigger diversity in results and local foci of symptoms in Europe, due to the greater cultural and ethnic diversity of nations over here, but a similar trend seems to exist for Europe as well. If there is something very specially American in America's state of things, than it is the culture of fear and the fostering of fear-mongering. which expresses in the medias' general focus and the obessions of America with weapins and violence, which has been very well described and named by Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine (say about the man what you want, in that movie he got plenty of things right). Germans also have a over-represented "Angst", but it is different in nature and cause, and even more hysteric in nature. I would expect psychological survey finding a steep climb of existential fears in Southern European states as well, namely Greece, but for understandable reasons these fears are much more rooted in real events and facts than much of what Germans and Americans worry about.

08-02-13, 07:10 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,670 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Maddening of America http://www.project-syndicate.org/com...liah-greenfeld Do not see this as a hidden attempt of America-bashing, but see the clinical view of the author (and in my intention). The numerical weights might differ a bit, and maybe there is a bigger diversity in results and local foci of symptoms in Europe, due to the greater cultural and ethnic diversity of nations over here, but a similar trend seems to exist for Europe as well. If there is something very specially American in America's state of things, than it is the culture of fear and the fostering of fear-mongering. which expresses in the medias' general focus and the obessions of America with weapins and violence, which has been very well described and named by Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine (say about the man what you want, in that movie he got plenty of things right). Germans also have a over-represented "Angst", but it is different in nature and cause, and even more hysteric in nature. I would expect psychological survey finding a steep climb of existential fears in Southern European states as well, namely Greece, but for understandable reasons these fears are much more rooted in real events and facts than much of what Germans and Americans worry about. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.