Formerlyrbfromcalgary may be sarcastic, Rational.  If so, he should see Michael Moore's documentary Where Do We Invade Next.  We get pretty pompous and arrogant in N.A.  Moore visits a dozen countries where things that "aren't supposed to work" work very well--and very differently from the way they "work" here.  When people in OTHER countries find out how life in American really is, they are often stunned and incredulous.  The women bankers Moore interviews were plainly disgusted with American ethics and morals (their bank was the only one in the country that survived 2008...)

See what he discovered in Germany...