aljdewey
Ideal_Rock
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Re: How many guns, in total, are owned by people in your hom
If you're asking me......yeah, I could see that. As a nation, we don't take care of each other. We aren't widely vested enough in the notion of community and society. The gulf between the haves and have-nots has never been greater; everyone's motivated by 'what's in it for ME and not 'how can I contribute to maintaining a harmonious society?"
Many other nations treat their citizens with much more dignity than we do, in my opinion. I don't think it's a coincidence that the nations with much more humane cultural norms (i.e. better balanced work/home life, ample vacation requirements, ease of access to physical and mental healthcare, and policies that are family-friendly like maternity leave, etc.) are the very same nations with ridiculous low violent crime rates.
thing2of2|1343241968|3239860 said:So if people kill in mass shootings only because they hate, and not because they have easy access to guns, does that mean that Americans are more hateful as a people?
If you're asking me......yeah, I could see that. As a nation, we don't take care of each other. We aren't widely vested enough in the notion of community and society. The gulf between the haves and have-nots has never been greater; everyone's motivated by 'what's in it for ME and not 'how can I contribute to maintaining a harmonious society?"
Many other nations treat their citizens with much more dignity than we do, in my opinion. I don't think it's a coincidence that the nations with much more humane cultural norms (i.e. better balanced work/home life, ample vacation requirements, ease of access to physical and mental healthcare, and policies that are family-friendly like maternity leave, etc.) are the very same nations with ridiculous low violent crime rates.