>>509600081
The anglo has a fundamentally different mindset from continental europeans.
Continentals, due to our geographic status and borders, are conditioned to have a more defensive, communal, even tribal/clannish view of the world around us. Yes, we're happy to trade and explore, but when our backs are against a wall we NEED the guarantee that our community is with us. You can see this communal instinct shared by basically all continentals imo, from the germanic groups to the slavs and even the latins.
It also seems to breed a certain sort of idealism, or mysticism. This expresses strongest in Russians and Germans, both peoples who were consistently surrounded by enemies on all sides for millenia.
Meanwhile the anglo lives on an island fortress. His defense is already secured, he has no borders, neighbors or threats to his existence. His naval life leads him to a more egalitarian, mercantile mindset. This is because sucess in his world doesnt originate in people, aka volk, blood, and land as it does for continentals. It is produced by ships, goods and trade.
He gets around the world a lot more than continentals, so the anglo naturally comes to accept a more broad, openminded, but also truthful view of other cultures. He views his own as superior, of course, but due to his reliance on trade relations and natural defenses, he neither needs nor wants the natural distrust for other cultures that continentals have due to bloodied experiences.
Furthermore the anglo's world has incentivizes a more empirical, economic mindset. He does not need mysticism or idealism to inspire his people against a common foe, instead a more egalitarian/mercantile attitude will serve his economic and military opportunities far better.
Naturally its interesting to see how Americans have a similiar outlook, owed in part to their british heritage, but also simply due effectively having an island fortress the size of a continent.
As for OP, the anglo fears what he does not understand.
