Have you ever been to another country? The national character is much different here than it is anywhere else. Americans want MORE, RIGHT NOW! and that is why we take things to excess, whether it be SUV's, supersize at McDonalds, guns, drugs, or alcohol. No, not everyone is like this, but a lot of people are.
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"This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are conscious of their own desire, but are ignorant of the causes whereby that desire has been determined." -Baruch Spinoza
"This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are conscious of their own desire, but are ignorant of the causes whereby that desire has been determined." -Baruch Spinoza