Cinder on Twitter: "@danlistensto @cognazor Whereas in the US, even the most contentious partisan issues are fairly self-contained, circlejerky affairs. (Does anybody outside of the neoliberal wing of the DNC give a shit about the Russian Collusion narrative, more than once a month?)" / Twitter

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I have no idea! But I can tell you: Serbs are *very* comfortable with violence, and share many socioeconomic & cultural problems with the US. Whatever is going on in the US is a fairly unique phenomenon. Has more in common with "shithole countries" than it likes to admit.

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You might get beaten up for talking shit in Serbia, but you're not likely to be shot as a random bystander (or at all, really).

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Sep 30, 2019

Even Polish people are less anxious and neurotic IME, which is just crazy. This country is hyperneurotic at all times. Something is seriously wrong about the US, and I don't think we know how to explain it. All these things we mentioned are problems, but is there a The Problem?

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@Triquetrea

Sep 30, 2019

Not sure how servicable this explanation is in the specific case of gun violence, but the bigger picture framing seems apt, yeah. Polish culture is fractious, but along defined lines, & featuring relatively contained narratives ('Nationalism Good' vs 'Nationalism Bad', etc.)

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Whereas in the US, even the most contentious partisan issues are fairly self-contained, circlejerky affairs. (Does anybody outside of the neoliberal wing of the DNC give a shit about the Russian Collusion narrative, more than once a month?)

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