Just scratch the US veneer of civilisation and you'll find a...

Just scratch the US veneer of civilisation and you'll find a violent undertow; that's why the US has had to go to war every generation to
find vent for that violence overseas. And just look at US political assisanations /assisanation attempts not to mention victims like Martin Luther King and John Lennon:

https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1665&context=jss

But I guess America reaps what it sows in the form of lax gun laws.and a culture that puts brute force before civilisation.