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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

do we have more conformity?

i've seen groups of british people operating abroad and they seem a very cohesive bunch that operates as a social entity, with an implicit set of dos and dont's that everyone seems to agree upon. a bazillion times i had to hear them talk about how this or that wasn't "proper". proper this proper that proper proper proper. they know what's expected and police themselves. not sure if you can see this embedded in your own social milieu. as an outsider, this called my attention though.

americans on the other hand (im an outsider here too) scatter in their own direction and are incapable of any kind of consensus-- americans need written rules, clearly spelled out, or else it becomes a free-for-all and complete chaos. that's whats called "the libertarian streak of american culture". nobody knows what's expected unless it's written in a rulebook. which also generates a legalistic society (american football is a very legalistic sport, it has a million rules and a million refs). as a result of this lack of social cohesion or a common social ethos, plus the isolation of the american suburb and rural population, america begets a higher number of weirdos, cultists, charlatans, televangelists, lunatics and serial killers-- this in spite of some legendary british eccentrics (eccentrics perhaps in relation to europe).

anyway that's my "theerie".