I ' m just curious , but does this awful direction have anything to do with Brexit ? Or rather , would the EU have interfered if this would ' ve happened a year ago ? Also , and this really baffles me , how come the Brits aren ' t going apeshit over this ? <| sep |> A lot of current cultural issues revolve around this . I think this is something Europeans should try to understand and not dismiss out of hand . There are several services for people who are down on their luck . There are lots of groups within the US that help out people or who help out people within their groups . American society generically speaking values the individual first and then the group , where as it appears that Europeans have that the other way around . The distinction is slight , but the difference is huge . I personally ask , how am I going to improve myself and then ask how am I going to improve the world .