Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:

This type of fatalism is also typically European.


What I say above true for the US as well. It's not true for
Switzerland, which is in Europe.



Unfortunatetly I find myself agreeing with this statement.

I personally believe it is a result of a combination of the
dumbing-down an overall femininization of the US public in general.
This breeds people who are more concerned with "security" (hehe..
more of a false sense of one!) than real freedom and more concerned
about being "politically correct" or not offending someone than
standing firm for what you believe in.