[quote=Halo]
I do recognise that it is virtually impossible to do things in a cohesive manner in the US compared to the UK (as an example), and I suppose, in some ways, . It's impossible to have that cohesiveness of society in America, and it's extremely decentralised, and yet people still identify so strongly as "American". It seems contradictory, in my mind. But I rather feel we're going to go in circles on this one, and it doesn't help that I'm deliberately generalising and oversimplifying both Americans and their culture.
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At this point I'm not arguing, I'm just remarking at our differences as they exist, because they're interesting to me.