Comment by carlosjobim
21 days ago
> If you look at history, Americans do seem to have a bizarre habit of turning everything into a great controversy.
It sure is bizarre for the parts of the world where people are born to do as they're told and shut up.
England has 3 or 4 civil wars in it's history entirely focused on the matter of whether people should do as they're told and shut up. The usual result in those conflicts was a resounding victory for the "No" side.
What's rare is for a nation to have a civil war between sides that agree on almost everything, from the structure of the government to the economic system.