GollumThe radical left
RegenesPropaganda but also, it is just that America was explicitly founded on liberal, individualistic values; although is now considered conservative in Europe.
Liberal at the time? Sure. These days it seems more like libertarian values. Rugged individualism does not make for a very collective society.
That’s what I am trying to say. Americans still think individualism is the ultimate goal because that is what their country was founded upon.
As a dumb American, I am a little conflicted by the premise.
Many European countries are much older than the USA and I presume they are more homogeneous in terms of population. Yet constitutions in Europe are either newer that the US constitution or they’re treated with much less deferance (eg they’re free game for modifications).
I admit to having spent very little time thinking about this, but I wonder if the US is stuck in a self selection loop? People drawn towards rugged individualism, which is a large component of the “American Dream” come here and perpetuate the cycle.
Western European countries are not that homogeneous as you might think. For example 12.1% of the people living in Germany were born outside the EU and another 7.4% in other EU countries. In the US 15.2% were born outside the US.