i have to call bs on the bolded.
the US is probably the most authority controlled society in the western world. they tend not to travel internationally and have little knowledge of what's going on in the rest of the world. the only thing they get uptight about it is the threat to take away their guns. and that's only because it's been drummed into them that giving them up would lead to armageddon. lol
Its in Euro's history. Euros are used to being taken care of. That's one of the reasons why socialism has taken hold in a lot of Euro countries.
Also, many Americans travel abroad, far more than you know. Many Americans on this site travel abroad. It's just that Euros traveling between Euro nations is like Americans traveling to another state. You go through the Chunnel and are in France. Then one could drive from France to either Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Monaco, or Spain, etc.
The thing that you don't get, is that with America, it's so big, that each state is like its own country, with its own "constitution", governing bodies, legislatures, etc. And you have different American cultures, dialects, etc.