Wrong.... you have it wrong.... just because Europe's eldest Kingdoms are 2,000 years old (at most...and that being France) does not mean much to their mentality....
What matters is the Environment that their Culture is raised in...
American Culture Especially in the Western parts of America have to do with Cowboys... (an idea i despise :I I don't especially like the Cowboy mentality.) However American Culture goes much longer then just White men in America and is pretty much as old as Europes.... the American Idians for instance have a very very long culture.
the Eastern Part had to do with the Civil War it's period, the Revolution and so on...
America is essentually the Cultural Revolutionary. It's history is filled with those who Seperate themselves from other governments and their own, that is the thing of the original Cowboy, or the Fur Trapper and so on. The Image of the Line Rider alone among the cattle Herd is a very powerful one.
Europe it's history is filled with High Culture, and the Slavery and Oppression of it's own people by the Rulers of those nations for 1900 years. People see at least from my view Europe as a land of old Castles, kings, nobility, rich food and people who are contrasted by the very poor under them.
Kind of like Japan's Culture being filled with the thoughts of Honor and the Samurai... to which i admire the first part...
I have no active knowledge of the European peoples mentality, however from what i see, i'd assume they're younger then America, as many of the people of their countries people have only experienced freedom of expression within the last 30 years, and the Eldest only in the 1800's.
However G.A. is filled mostly with those under 30, and thusly Young men tend to rage and strike back faster then those who are older, whom are more Caclulated in their mentality, And Partisian Views tend to come about very often with the younger who have more firey tempers.
I actually find it sad whenever a story is no longer accessable by me in any forum or otherwise, whether the Written forum, or online. And there has been quite a few.