> the people rely on each other to enforce social norms This is probably the difference. Here's a video of a leading UK MP (whose party largely represents upp

> the people rely on each other to enforce social norms This is probably the difference. Here's a video of a leading UK MP (whose party largely represents upper-middle class white-Brits) reacing to someone doing something he doesn't like on public transport: https://www.facebook.com/libdems/videos/stop-the-headphone-dodgers/1079073960711486/ https://www.facebook.com/libdems/videos/stop-the-headphone-d... Note the passivate aggression, then the threat to use state force to stop it. British people are too polite to tell people to stop doing things. We prefer that to be a responsibility of the police.