>>515526271
Well, maybe. In my school district we were given the option of taking a European or American history class in high school. I opted for the American (most opted for the European which was almost entirely about the French Revolution). The thing that I found interesting about American history is how it ebbs and flows between violent radicalism and boring conservatism throughout the entirely of its history. Today is a violent period, the 60's were radical and violent, the late 1800's were extremely violent and radical with regular bombings and massacres. I don't need to go into the 1850's and 1860's, we all know what happened there, except to say that thousands of Americans travelled west to the new states for the sole purpose of murdering each other over the slavery question before the civil war even started.
Political violence isn't a particularly uncommon occurrence in their culture. This one is relatively tame by comparison to these older ones, so far.
The other interesting thing is that while they're considered a two-party state, through about half of their existence there's only been one viable political party at a time. They have two political parties for a while, then one dies off, then there's just the one left over for a generation until a new one eventually forms. Strange culture.