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European vs American Culture
After spending a few years on these Anthropology/Culture forums here is some information and conclusions:
European cultures, countries, and people have the "Old World" mentality. This way of thinking is based on Inheritance and is class-stable. Thus Europeans are born into a class (low, middle, high) and probably will not change. It is difficult to go up but easy to go down. Most Europeans spend their lives waiting for their grand-parents and parents to die, so as to inherit wealth, not only financial wealth but also in terms of prosperity, respect, and lineage. In this way Europeans guard their own respective ethnic groups. Spanish want to marry another Spaniard. Albanians another Albanian. Germans another German, etc. The reason and primary motivation that Europeans want to stick with their own is not necessarily familial loyalty as it is motivated by Inheritance. If Europeans, or other old-world peoples, marry "outside" their group then they lose their place in line of inheritance, and will receive less or even none.
American cultures, countries, and people have the "New World" mentality. This way of thinking is based on Entrepreneurship and is classless. Thus Americans promote a society of "Equal Opportunity" and this is what is meant by the term of 'Equality'. Americans believe that everybody should have an "equal" footing, foundation, and opportunity to make their lives, choices, and build something for themselves. America has a short history and so is not yet settled into Classist thinking and mentality. Most Americans do not, and cannot rely on inheritance, and so have to make our own money. This gives Americans a different perspective that your worth is not based on your history, where you came from, your 'Ethnic' group and family, but rather your deeds in life, your successes, and your business ventures.
Americans are 'pragmatic' while Europeans are 'elitist'.
You can detect all of this on the forum, if you care to pay attention. Americans and Europeans have distinctly different outlooks of life and values. The problem with politicking and opinions is a difference of those values. When you have one person who values Inheritance, and another who values Entrepreneurship, then there will be many different solutions to shared problems. This is also true when it comes to demographics and miscegenation. Americans commit lots of miscegenation and race-mixing because they are not protecting an inheritance (based on ethnic purity). Although Americans and Europeans do come from the same, or similar racial stock, the attitudes have changed drastically between the new and old world.
Demographically, Politically, Socially, Culturally, I can apply these differences just about everywhere and it makes sense. Many European people, especially younger ones and teenagers, admire American pop culture and all the 'new' things coming from America. And Europeans are jealous of America's freedoms, especially when it comes to business and relationships. Because while Class-societies regulate and restrict personal relationships, new world people do the opposite. This is why Americans and Europeans approach popular topics, like liberalism and feminism, from different angles. And this is why the topics mean something different, to each person.
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; europe is more socialist we can say thought.. it means we give means to poorer people to elevate themselves and pass also in other classes.. wich are higly mobile
Originally Posted by GiCa
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