Re: How do Americans view Europeans?
There is one major cultural difference between Europe and the US, that hasn't gotten enough attention in this thread yet, imo.
In the US there seems to be an underlying mindset of: "Winner takes All"
This is definitely true for elections. Also most (all?) of US mainstream sports have no ties. The captain of the high school football team also gets to bang all the hot cheer leaders... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Basically in large parts of US society there is no place for a second winner, just for a first loser. This results in Americans being way more competitive and stressed all their lives.
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