Actually, I agree. I live somewhere with some (albeit kinda crappy) safety nets, and it's true: people are more likely to strike out on their own, start a political party, start a business, or just do what they freaking want with their lives in Israel than in the United States, where employment power is so concentrated that offending corporate America is a death sentence.

It's not dramatic, it's just that normal for Israelis is far more open and assertive than for Americans. Partially a cultural difference, but largely an effect of not actually being screwed for life by one bad decision.