If you want to know how to live...
I thought it was funny as I was just commenting how our culture seemed to be moving towards a desire for confrontation, even violent confrontation and found this...
For us, the American ideal is personified in the concept of self-reliance, work ethic, honesty/forthrightness, decency, personal property rights, family, religion, an ability to defend oneself from criminals and crooked politicians, and personal responsibility.