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Americans are the only ones who overwhelmingly defend possession of guns - a device meant only for violence and killing - as a fundamental right. I have seen so many of them claim that gun prohibition is ineffective, while the rest of the world has put it into practice and proved it works. The American solution to every mass shooting is very predictable - more guns! Big tobacco is mild compared to that (I'm not a fan of tobacco and have never consumed it).
American companies are a different breed - even among the private institutions in the world that pursue profit at any cost. Forget the really harmful ones like gun dealers, big tobacco or the oil industry. Even completely essential ones like the aircraft industry give little value to the lives of ordinary individuals. They would rather see people dead if the cost of litigation isn't as high as putting safety features in. To put it mildly, US is a nightmarish dystopia from those apocalyptic novels.