Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)

Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by tempsy on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:58PM (#31513873)

People seem to be trying to argue Europe and the US are very similar culture wise but I don’t think that’s true at all.

IMO the biggest problem with the US over Europe is lack of social cohesion, lack of familial cohesion that includes extended families, focus on individualism over community, and lack of social safety nets. These factors have a huge impact on mental well being.

The idea that Europe and the US are very similar other than access to guns just because both are developed western nations is very naive…

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by simon1ltd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:44AM (#31514676)

I think we'd need to be honest about it and compare individual European countries to individual US states. New York and California are NOT like Alabama, Texas and Florida.

California, Illinois and New York have different populations and different issues than Ohio, Texas, and Alabama for example.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by tempsy on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:57AM (#31514762)

I’m not sure what you’re getting at. The mass shooting that happened 2 weeks earlier was in New York.

And the social issues I pointed out are not state specific. I’d argue it largely applies to the US as a whole.

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