What you're describing is Power Distance. On the whole the West tends to have lower power distance than the East. And Anglo and Germanic countries tend to have

What you're describing is Power Distance. On the whole the West tends to have lower power distance than the East. And Anglo and Germanic countries tend to have lower power distance than Romantic countries, while Scandinavia has the lowest power distance anywhere. France has quite a high power distance by Western standards, although it's still lower than most Eastern countries. The US tends to have rather high power distance by Anglo/Germanic standards although if you look at all the cultural dimensions the US tends to be an outlier towards moderation in its cohort probably due to its amalgamated culture (the US is hardly a strictly Anglo country). http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensions/power-distance-index/ http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimen...