Are Americans Becoming More European?

Last week the Pew Research Center released a survey of American and European attitudes on a host of issues. Conservative commentators homed in on two findings: first, fewer Americans believe that our culture is superior to others (49% now, compared with 60% a decade ago); second, a rising share of young Americans support activist government. Such findings have been used tobuild a narrative that under President Obama, we’re becoming less American and more like those relativist, collectivist, socialist Europeans across the pond.

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