> So it seems to me there's something else in play that explains your observation.
There is, and with apologies for the late reply, I'll unpack one term I used, which is diversity. I've lived and worked all over the EU and feel comfortable observing that practically all EU national, regional, and local governments are politically clustered within one deviation of the International Standard Social Democracy. What's more, they actively work together at the top level to promote harmonisation of processes and industrial/commercial/technical/legal/administrative standards.
I'll contrast this with the US where the political window is splattered all over the compass, process & technical standards are driven by corporations that actively seek to differentiate themselves from one another, and regional and local political groupings will take a deliberately contrarian tack on a diverse policy spectrum in order to more clearly disambiguate themselves from opposing forces and to segment and cement their constituencies.
I believe the latter drives more innovation through competition, but distributes it more unevenly. And I'm neither a US citizen or (currently) resident, just a frequent visitor both for work and play, but I also think that the greatest single quality of the US is being the only country where practically anyone, regardless of cultural backdrop or however divergent their social/political preferences, might hope to find a community of like-minded individuals. What that isn't: a recipe for harmony.
There is, and with apologies for the late reply, I'll unpack one term I used, which is diversity. I've lived and worked all over the EU and feel comfortable observing that practically all EU national, regional, and local governments are politically clustered within one deviation of the International Standard Social Democracy. What's more, they actively work together at the top level to promote harmonisation of processes and industrial/commercial/technical/legal/administrative standards.
I'll contrast this with the US where the political window is splattered all over the compass, process & technical standards are driven by corporations that actively seek to differentiate themselves from one another, and regional and local political groupings will take a deliberately contrarian tack on a diverse policy spectrum in order to more clearly disambiguate themselves from opposing forces and to segment and cement their constituencies.
I believe the latter drives more innovation through competition, but distributes it more unevenly. And I'm neither a US citizen or (currently) resident, just a frequent visitor both for work and play, but I also think that the greatest single quality of the US is being the only country where practically anyone, regardless of cultural backdrop or however divergent their social/political preferences, might hope to find a community of like-minded individuals. What that isn't: a recipe for harmony.