IMO the difference between USA and Switzerland here is the poisonous idea of American Individualism.
There is a mentality in the US that you are the only one truly looking out for yourself and your immediate family, so if you’re going somewhere you perceive as dangerous, or even simply “needing order” - which is everywhere outside your “castle” according to Fox News - you might be inclined to bring your weapon and make sure everyone knows you are willing to assert your safety and independence above all else. Endemic toxic masculinity ensures that any slight against you, if not remedied and apologized for immediately, results in peacocking and chest-thumping that escalates the situation and can easily become deadly.
I haven’t spent very much time in Switzerland specifically, but my overall experience as a USAian in Western Europe is that there is a much more pervasive understanding of societal good and collectivism (small C, not calling on any particular philosophy/ideology) that is almost entirely absent here in the states.
Yeah I agree. The more info that comes out about this, it looks like there’s a crazy nihilism/trolling thing going on. They were a part of those nihilist internet communities where they groom and egg each other on.
IMO the difference between USA and Switzerland here is the poisonous idea of American Individualism.
There is a mentality in the US that you are the only one truly looking out for yourself and your immediate family, so if you’re going somewhere you perceive as dangerous, or even simply “needing order” - which is everywhere outside your “castle” according to Fox News - you might be inclined to bring your weapon and make sure everyone knows you are willing to assert your safety and independence above all else. Endemic toxic masculinity ensures that any slight against you, if not remedied and apologized for immediately, results in peacocking and chest-thumping that escalates the situation and can easily become deadly.
I haven’t spent very much time in Switzerland specifically, but my overall experience as a USAian in Western Europe is that there is a much more pervasive understanding of societal good and collectivism (small C, not calling on any particular philosophy/ideology) that is almost entirely absent here in the states.
Yeah I agree. The more info that comes out about this, it looks like there’s a crazy nihilism/trolling thing going on. They were a part of those nihilist internet communities where they groom and egg each other on.