Interesting. I wonder who is suffering from the distortion from their mental model and who is not.
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BTW there are more places much more dangerous in the USA than the Egyptian market, there they may steal your money but not cut your throat... I had been there and in the USA.
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1. In Israel (where I think Carmi lives) there are 42 violent crimes per 1000 head of population, In the US it is 56 per 1000. True stereotype. (According to Interpol).
2. Prisoner population per 100,000 in the US is the highest in the world. (EIU). True stereotype.
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I think your observations of American society are totally off base. For all its faults, the US is the most genuinely religious society in the world today, as well as the most generous.
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Really? Where does your information come from Fred?
I can't even imagine how one would prove how religious a nation is, (nor how it has any bearing on anything). Religiosity, is, after all, perhaps not such a positive thing when taken to extremes.
However, the US is not the most generous society in the world today - and by a large margin.
Generous to whom? Their own citizens? Nope. That honour goes to Sweden.
Generous to the outside world in aid bugets? Wrong again.
Japan gives some $ 13.5 bn compared with a rather paltry $ 9.9bn from the US. Considering that the US economy is growing, whereas Japan's is contracting and considering that the US economy is actually twice the size (by GDP) of the Japanese economy anyway, means that per capita, the US's generosity is outpaced by many nations - including Canada.
Food for thought. Possibly a distortion in one's mental model.
Regards,
Fish.