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Absolutely right, but who are we to criticise? I recently made a comment in another thread expressing concern about people driving short distances to take children to school, on the grounds that such trips waste fuel, whilst simultaneously depriving children of valuable exercise, and also preventing them from learning road sense. (I could have also bemoaned congestion, accident risks etc...)The USA was born on excessive consumption and prosperity .... No one wants to believe climate change because many Americans don’t want to give up everything their country stands for.
My comments were met with concerns about being politically incorrect, and then when I tried to defend myself by expressing concern that political correctness often seems to trump (excuse pun) wholesome values, I was then accused of having Daily Mail opinions.
On this basis I have to accept that there are many, many UK citizens whose values really aren't so different from those that you've highlighted about the USA. No one really minds comfortable consumption and prosperity, but the excess of it breeds all manner of problems, and sadly those problems are all too often inflicted upon others, rather than being suffered by those who create them. (Daily Mail type pontification over ... for now ... )