We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.
The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.
A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.