I think, as the reading in David Price's seminar said, that American values are generalised far too much! I think their founding was based on principles such as independence etc, but I don't think it's just America - as you say Saadia, i think it is a cultural thing - Western cultures have, somewhere in the last 50 or so years, lost the values of family etc. In migrant populations you see houses where there are 3 generations of the family living together, as it is just expected that you look after your elders.
