Have Americans Gone Crazy?

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Jan. 15th, 2015 at 10:41 PM

liveonearth

I think so. I'm not alone.
Good read here: http://www.salon.com/2015/01/13/have_americans_gone_crazy_partner/

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bobby1933

Jan. 16th, 2015 08:29 pm (UTC)

Thanks!

Reinhold Niebuhr once wrote that we are moral people living in an immoral society. That makes sociological sense to me, but it is still sort of a cop out,

Crazy? We are at least szchizophrenic, maybe paranoid (at least our politicians are), maybe "situationally sociopathic" By that i mean that we are capable of caring as long as we are among people who act and think like we do. Outside our comfort zones we become very dangerous.

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liveonearth

Jan. 16th, 2015 09:40 pm (UTC)

I'd add narcissistic to the list. And I think what you say about Americans being dangerous outside our comfort zones applies to all humans, all primates, all mammals and probably broader than that.

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bobby1933

Jan. 16th, 2015 10:17 pm (UTC)

Yeah, i'd have to agree with that. Maybe i should have said that our comfort zone is way too small.

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liveonearth

Jan. 16th, 2015 10:46 pm (UTC)

Agreed. We've become paranoid with narrow worlds.

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neptunia67

Jan. 17th, 2015 01:22 am (UTC)

Yes, I believe we have. I want nothing more than to live elsewhere. Im almost to the point of going whether I have a job or not.

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liveonearth

Jan. 17th, 2015 02:03 am (UTC)

At least there are other places that are worse! Silver linings, my friend. Still, it is healthy to escape from the America the Greatest bubble from time to time.

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