Covers pretty much everything. Not really particularly surprising, but quantifies widely-held perceptions. Notably :
- Americans are more gung-ho than Europeans
- Americans are roughly split as to whether their culture is superior to others, while this varies considerably in European countries
- Americans have this odd notion that the role of the state should be to do as little as possible, while Europeans see it as a way to ensure a social safety net
- Americans are waaaay more religious than Europeans
- Americans are less tolerant of homosexuality than Europeans, though they're catching up fast
- Pretty much universally, those with a university education are less inclined toward the use of military force, less inclined to believe in their own cultural superiority, more inclined to believe the state's main role should be welfare, and more tolerant of homosexuality.
Originally shared by Joerg Fliege
Those colonists and their strange values.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/11/17/the-american-western-european-values-gap/
What gives me hope is that the % of american folk that require (!) religion in their lives in order to be moral rises with respect to age.
ReplyDeleteThat's from 2012, wonder what the results would be now...
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from the place Europe sent the religious nutbags they didn't want? Muah ha ha. You can't tell me I can't put a level four lab in my garage! ;-)
ReplyDeleteArien Hellboy You mean Star Trek changed to anti-moral thinking or the church did ?
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