Is this flamebait or what is your intention?

Why call out Americans like that? Do you think America is some homogenous entity?

Because I don't know enough about the internal divisions in other countries. But I can tell you Americans will fight progress at every turn.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Americans will fight progress at every turn On one hand, we have opposition to industrialization and the green revolution. On the other hand, we have Greenwich Village pushing back on being razed for a highway. Defining "progress" is fundamentally a value judgement. In one era, undeveloped land was opportunity for progress. Today, turning developed land into parks can be seen the same way.