I think Lee Kuan Yew had it correct that America's foundation as the Wild West has made such things as violence deeply imbedded in their national ethos, and it would not be a comfortable thing to reckon with
Learn how self-organizing patterns naturally steer away from sensory blind spots...an emergent "fear of the unknown," or *agnosiophobia*, that helps maintain their structural integrity. Truly interesting work! The paper is available here: