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> Where do you think this obsession comes from? American action movies? Call of Duty? My money would be on a lack of social cohesion, where people tend to no

> Where do you think this obsession comes from? American action movies? Call of Duty? My money would be on a lack of social cohesion, where people tend to not care much about their neighbors or society as a whole. Guns aren't themselves the problem, they just highlight the disease at the core of american culture. Other countries have more history and culture and religion that bind them together. Being a young country of immigrants the US doesn't have those qualities. If you don't feel part of the wider culture then you don't care about those people.

01acheru 5y ago
> lack of social cohesion, where people tend to not care much about their neighbors or society as a whole Thanks, that's a really good point. Which factors in your opinion influence this lack of social cohesion more? Social inequalities, racial, religious, educational?
- CodeGlitch 5y ago
  Thanks. I think here in the West we have turned our backs on religion, and are now seeing the fallout from that. Religion not only defines a culture's moral code, but produces all sorts of additional glue binding people together. I'm am atheist but appreciate the benefits of Christianity for example, as that's what I grew up with and have continued with Christian traditions. Celebrating Christmas is an obvious example here. I'm not sure what the answer for the US is? Forcing everyone to church? As a kid I hated Sunday mass. As an adult I'm glad i went through that.
  - vidarh 5y ago
    I grew up in Norway. During my childhood I never once saw a live gun in Norway. It was a shock visiting other countries in Europe and seeing armed police. Norway is one of the most secular countries in the developed world today. The US is often used in Norway as an example of religion taken to the extreme, and it's often mocked. Norway also has quite easy access to guns, yet the amount of gun violence is a tiny fraction of the US.
  - 01acheru 5y ago
    I found this: > The United States has a religious makeup that’s broadly similar to that of many Western European countries. Most people on both sides of the Atlantic say they are Christian, for example. At the same time, substantial shares in the U.S. and Europe say they are religiously unaffiliated: Roughly a quarter of the American adult population identify as “nones” (23%), similar to the shares in Germany (24%), the United Kingdom (23%) and other Western European countries. > At that point, however, the similarities end: U.S. adults – both Christian and unaffiliated – are considerably more religious than their European counterparts by a variety of other measures, according to an analysis of data from Pew Research Center’s 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study in the U.S. and a 2017 survey of Western Europeans. For instance, about two-thirds of U.S. Christians pray daily (68%), compared with a median of just 18% of Christians across 15 surveyed countries in Europe, including 6% in Britain, 9% in Germany, 12% in Denmark and 38% in the Netherlands. Also to my perception US citizens always seemed much more religious than Europens.
Nextgrid 5y ago
I think it’s much more political than that. Every other country also watches action movies and plays Call of Duty.
- CodeGlitch 5y ago
  Thanks for the feedback... But did you read the rest of my comment?

01acheru 5y ago

> lack of social cohesion, where people tend to not care much about their neighbors or society as a whole Thanks, that's a really good point. Which factors in your opinion influence this lack of social cohesion more? Social inequalities, racial, religious, educational?

CodeGlitch 5y ago
Thanks. I think here in the West we have turned our backs on religion, and are now seeing the fallout from that. Religion not only defines a culture's moral code, but produces all sorts of additional glue binding people together. I'm am atheist but appreciate the benefits of Christianity for example, as that's what I grew up with and have continued with Christian traditions. Celebrating Christmas is an obvious example here. I'm not sure what the answer for the US is? Forcing everyone to church? As a kid I hated Sunday mass. As an adult I'm glad i went through that.
- vidarh 5y ago
  I grew up in Norway. During my childhood I never once saw a live gun in Norway. It was a shock visiting other countries in Europe and seeing armed police. Norway is one of the most secular countries in the developed world today. The US is often used in Norway as an example of religion taken to the extreme, and it's often mocked. Norway also has quite easy access to guns, yet the amount of gun violence is a tiny fraction of the US.
- 01acheru 5y ago
  I found this: > The United States has a religious makeup that’s broadly similar to that of many Western European countries. Most people on both sides of the Atlantic say they are Christian, for example. At the same time, substantial shares in the U.S. and Europe say they are religiously unaffiliated: Roughly a quarter of the American adult population identify as “nones” (23%), similar to the shares in Germany (24%), the United Kingdom (23%) and other Western European countries. > At that point, however, the similarities end: U.S. adults – both Christian and unaffiliated – are considerably more religious than their European counterparts by a variety of other measures, according to an analysis of data from Pew Research Center’s 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study in the U.S. and a 2017 survey of Western Europeans. For instance, about two-thirds of U.S. Christians pray daily (68%), compared with a median of just 18% of Christians across 15 surveyed countries in Europe, including 6% in Britain, 9% in Germany, 12% in Denmark and 38% in the Netherlands. Also to my perception US citizens always seemed much more religious than Europens.

Nextgrid 5y ago

I think it’s much more political than that. Every other country also watches action movies and plays Call of Duty.

CodeGlitch 5y ago
Thanks for the feedback... But did you read the rest of my comment?