> You may as well say "citizens of Europe. I have heard that response before, but I don't think it holds. The culture density in Europe is tremendous compared

> You may as well say "citizens of Europe. I have heard that response before, but I don't think it holds. The culture density in Europe is tremendous compared to the US. European countries are not like US states: in a few hours, I can go to a city where nobody speaks my language. Even within my country, many regions have tremendous accents and even completely different languages that are still in heavy use (Brittany's Breton language, for instance). Even at a governmental level, passports are issued by countries; US citizens have the same passport, with common federal laws and a single military. Culture variety drives the number of communities regardless of the size of geographic surfaces. The US is one big community with fairly common concerns, such as ISP monopolies. In Europe, we have very different ISP markets from country to country — each has different companies and different struggles. Sure, there are inequalities even within a common culture; you can have good phone coverage in Montpellier but no reception around Millau. Still, when you face the same competitors across the country, you are authorized to characterize their behavior towards the market.