US Culture

             I often hear people talk about how compared to other nations the US lacks a strong national cultural identity but i feel this assessment is flawed in one key detail.  While the US is a nation when it come Size, Structure, and governmental level the US is more on par which international unions like the EU, UN, and such.  This would put the states more on par with the other nations.  Now if you where to make the same comparison but with the states instead I feel you will find That wile still young There is a definite Cultural identity, and if you compare the US to say the EU its cultural identity is in fact more well defined.  Now this culture may often seem fragmented and inconsistent, but this is not due to the lack of cultural unity but because the opposed but not incapable nature of two of it primary values: Group unity, and individual freedom.

                One good example of both how prevalent these values are and how they can result in drastically different but culturally constant subcultures depending on when where and which one is given priority. Is one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters in US history the civil war.  With the Confederates holding the States individual rights more important then the nations unity and the union holding the nations unity in priority.  With that said the whole reason it became an issue is because the Confederates held the Majority's cultural rights over an minority's Individual freedom.  another more positive example of the influence of these two values in action is the structure, strategy's, and tactics of the US military.  Which encourages tactical initiative of the individual soldier/squad but also expect Loyalty to your fellow soldiers, the military,and the nation as well an adherence to the overall Strategy.