### Instruction: Rewrite this English sentence to give a better translation.

### English: Unfortunately, American society has "accepted" the statistics of hardship, deaths and other casualties as just "a way of life"...in exchange for "freedom" or some such BS.
### English rewrite: Unfortunately, American society has “accepted” the statistics of deprivation, death and other casualties as simply a “way of life”... in exchange for “freedom” and other such nonsense.