[calvinlough]

This must be the American way of thinking. Doesn't sound like a good plan to me.

[slurgfest]

This isn't "the American way of thinking," it is a response to the state of the American system. Although casual, yours is a rather bigoted statement.

[pessimizer]

It's not bigoted, just wrong. Requires a familiarity with US law to know why it's wrong, though. There are some ideas and beliefs that are more common in the US than in other places, just as there are particular ideas and beliefs everywhere that are more common there than other places. Don't lower the bar on bigotry.