Is the U.S. Crazy?

[DetlefK]

30. Yes:

Just from the top of my head:

- 2nd Amendment: Written during wartime for a bunch of disorganized settlers fighting off a professional army. And it is treated as if it still made sense today. (Isn't malware the weapon of the 21st century? Shouldn't the 2nd Amendment include the right to bear viruses, worms, trojans, bots... and the right to own internet-access?)

- Electoral College: We have means of communicating faster and farther than a man on horseback nowadays.

- Elections held on a work-day, refusal to adopt more primitive and more secure means of casting ballots, refusal to adopt one coherent nationwide system how elections are held...

- The collusion between Big Money and politics is infusible.

- Secessionism and too much federalism.

- The culturally deeply ingrained attitude that your freedom is more important than other people's freedom. The refusal to acknowledge that you are supposed to pay a price for the right to enjoy the comfort and security of a community.

- "We are special snow-flakes. Because our country is special. And our God is special. That's why it's not okay if you do it but it's okay if we do it."

- The fast-paced rhythm and ever-connectedness of media and society that drives you on and on with fear and news until the important stuff, that affects millions and billions of people, gets drowned out in week-long coverage of a minor incident that affects a few hundred people at best.