Right back at you, my internet acquaintance: I thank my lucky stars I'm not
in the US of A wherever you are, but am grateful for the endless lessons on how not to do things
The culture clash is here is clearly intractable, and thus not really worthy of further debate, nobody is going to change their mind. You know us US types will never give up the freedom and responsibility we enjoy here: land almost anywhere, fly VFR at night, in single's no less, the vast numbers of lightweight piston single's, Class G VFR minimums, and every other PPRuNe hot button there is. It must appear to be a near state of total anarchy to those who live and fly outside the US.