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You're not at all sure why it's happening in multiple other countries, but you're completely confident it must be the 'puritanical roots of the US'?


The US has a different history than Europe. One aspect of that history being the strong influence of religious puritans who were among the earliest colonizers, and whose impact has and can still be seen today in various aspects of American society and culture.




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