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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8076383" data-attributes="member: 4534">The United States did not spring forth fully grown from the forehead of Europe as some sort of historical tabula rasa.  European history and literature is a core part of our education with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Beowulf, and Greek mythology commonly being taught in grades 6-12.  We didn't miss the boat on medieval knights or classical empires any more than a modern French or British person did.  Though we don't have all those cool castles right here in our backyard.  And there are European nations that weren't fully united until the modern era.  Great Britain wasn't fully unified until 1707, Italy in 1861, and Germany in 1871.  And the horrors of cities?  Didn't Charles Dickens cover some of that in his books?  Historically speaking there have been plenty of factions based on religion, politics, and economic goals in Europe.  There are whole books just written about the barber-surgeons, physicians, and apothecaries of London, all of whom were in competition with one another for centuries.  Factions are big in every human society I can think of.</blockquote>