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[–] 41 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

American ethos is one of violence and vengeance. It's built into our laws, our media, our culture.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 weeks ago

    Honestly, this is a huge part of it.

    I once talked to a guy about my car crash involving a drunk driver. I got pretty fucked up and basically lost a year of my life to recovery. I was pissed the dude who impacted my life so much received 2 years and was out in 18 months because he was a “good boy” until that point. I mentioned that all I wanted was more time and impact on his life for doing so much damage to mine. The guy actually said to me “I think he should get a death sentence for what he did to you”. I just sat there like 😐

    Even I don’t think the drunk should die for it, and I was the one who was irreparably harmed.

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  • [+] -9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Come on Lemmy why do I have to be the guy to call out American defaultism. Fuckwits all round be better

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Comment is about a mom in Tennessee, the US state, wanting her daughter's killer dead and I offered an explanation, I don't think it was out of place.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 weeks ago

    Revenge is not exclusively American, it's not American ethos. Especially when compared to some places around the world such as the Middle-East and Europe and Asia. Yes those are large swaths of the Earth that in general take blood feuds far more seriously than Americans.

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