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Zerospinboson, cultural slants are what we are talking about. Does the US have cultural slants? Absolutely! Do they sometimes do thing that their culture is against? Absolutely! Do we think those things are good? Absolutely not!
But Europe has its clutural slants, too! You are not the level playing field, and everybody else is slanted. I have been trying to point out the differences, and why they are differences. Neither side is the level playing field. Until you recognize that every culture has its own slants, including your own, you can't meaningly talk about the differences.
The slant that seems to be hitting the hot button is the how the acquistion and use of governmental power is perceived differently by the two cultures. It is a bedrock issue in understanding the differences between the two culture. I have been using as neutral a tone about discussing the differences as I can, in this lively discussion. Go through this entire thread and you won't find my saying the US is best, or right, once. But only when you understand the basis of your own culture's basis for governmental power can you compare it to other basises.
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