USA is cursed!
USA is cursed!
Just read this news (only title tho) where a teenager murdered his sister over Christmas gifts.
I'm starting to think, as a land, USA is cursed. Every hour American military complex exports death all around the world. And these bullets and bombs are used by the literal evil mfers against weak victims.
The continuous death of innocent American children by psychos who have easy access to guns is an ironic and twisted equilibrium of fate against due to the greed of darker-than-charcoal-stone-heart Americans.
Nicholas Cage's "Lord of war" sums it up.
And my sincere condolences to victims' heartbroken families.
Almost like the entire country was built over Indian burial grounds.
Let's be real though, there's no such thing as curses. This is a human situation problem.
First, you only read the headline of the article. If you're going to read headlines and speculate the rest of the story, you're going to create the most extreme version. Headlines are intentionally misleading and catchy to get you to click and share them. Read the actual story from multiple sources, and you'll probably find that the full story is a lot less crazy.
But yes, there are some stories that are just as gruesome as their headline. There's not much more to a story like "6 elementary school students dead after another school shooting" and these things happen here significantly more than elsewhere in the world. There's lots of debate about why and no one can agree on an exact reason, but it's definitely a situational issue. Meaning that if you took the exact same person who murdered children and gave them an entirely different life from birth, they likely will be an entirely different person. It's not something that some people are just "born" to do, it's something their situation points them to.
My personal opinion on the solution to the issue is to have ten to a hundred times more guidance counselors at school, with mandatory, regular confidential counseling/therapy for each student. (Of course with strong firearm regulations in the meantime.) But honestly I don't think the problem is going anywhere any time soon. The absolute craziness shown by millions of people during 2020-2021 shows that the people who need help the most will fight that help every step of the way.
I mean... It is built on an old native American burial ground. 🤔
Well, have you read much news about other parts of the world?
Calling the USA "cursed" is abrogation of responsibility, because a curse is a third-party affliction.
The USA's situation is entirely a first-party affliction. It's cultural insanity at work: gun worship, the belief that violence solves all problems, the clinical-grade paranoia over any kind of collective solution to anything, and, more recently, the worship of laissez-faire capitalism.
There's no curse. There's a fundamentally broken culture and society. That is all.
That's nice.
Now do your research into weapons manufacturing and learn about all the countries that are involved in this particular industry. You will soon find it's a global racket and isn't just isolated to one nation.
As an example, I use many brands of components that are produced by Nammo or other European companies in my own reloading room. (Berger, Vihtavuori, etc..) It just so happens I live in the US. Hell, even the "American" smokeless powders I use originate in Australia.
That is just the tip of the iceberg, friend.
Edit: Huh. Even CCI got sold of to a foreign company. CCI and Winchester make #41 primers used in NATO 5.56 ammunition, btw. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_Outdoor#:~:text=Vista Outdoor Inc.,-Type&text=Vista Outdoor is the parent,%241.91 billion%2C pending regulatory approval.
Damn. This is some fucked up shit.
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As a UK resident with US relatives, it seems the same way to me too. If we look at gun ownership, the experiment of allowing such easy access has seemingly failed continuously. The rest of the world has clear evidence of the direct relationship between easy gun access of excess deaths and massacres. Sadly when it comes to funding bullies in other countries, the UK is on a par with the US.
The United States could put a fraction of its military funding towards mental healthcare and social safety nets and cut firearm deaths down 90% without even touching 2A. Similarly, gun ownership could be stopped overnight and shave maybe a few percentages off deaths. Countries with similar gun ownership (as percentages of households with at least one gun, 'gun per 100 people' statistics are not a fair comparison) to the US include Switzerland, Norway, and Finland, at 29%, 26%, and 38%, respectively, compared to America's 31%. If there really was such a direct correlation, these countries would have dramatically more gun deaths than their neighbors but don't.
Buying a gun in the US isn't anywhere nearly as easy as you make it seem. You don't just walk into the gun store and leave with an AR-15, a la Grand Theft Auto. The application process alone is several hundred dollars and takes weeks. For handguns, this may take months or thousands of dollars depending on locality. You're subject to a background check, which is permantly logged, regardless of its results, and if you pass, your weapon, and you are both logged. Oh, and if the dealer at any point gets cold feet or doesn't like you, they can cancel the transaction at any point. People convicted of even a non-violent crime or felony can not own a firearm in most cases. A history of any mental illness also exempts purchase eligibility, as well as people prescribed certain medications. There are lots of things preventing most people from buying a gun in America.
There are some archaic laws about private sales, but there have been no studies showing these guns are more likely to be used in a crime when they've been involved in a legal private sale. Not to mention the fact that these laws are very quickly being overwritten.
I agree with that. US's most definitely cursed. How can we free US from the curse tho? Do you have any ideas OP?
You mean because it's build atop a native american graveyard?
Oh my GOD, Americabad oh no oh God america