[SSchick]

Having moved from the EU (Germany) to the US there seems to be a LOT of these bad-faith skirtings of reasonable laws, especially in automotive (eg. license plate screens, window tint etc.) where lack of enforcement is abused and will eventually lead to the penaltization of the general public.

[thepaulmcbride]

I moved from Ireland to the US and noticed the same. So many people in the US treat others as if they are NPCs. Rules only exist so that they can’t bother you, but the rules don’t apply to you. It is extremely frustrating!

[yencabulator]

USA is not a high-trust society, and has low-key corruption everywhere. EU, or at least big chunks of it, are much more high-trust and "spirit not letter of law" minded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-trust_and_low-trust_socie...

[_DeadFred_]

We're a nation of persecuted immigrants. Some of our ancestors were deeply religious, but others were just stubborn contrarians who resisted authority to spite their neighbors. Europe exported those difficult people to the States.