It may be going slightly off base but it was partly the individualism of the English people and individualism of protestants

Which was partly a driving factor of the industrial Revolution and why it started in England

Other places in Europe and the rest of the world there was much closer family units and a more peasant driven household economy

For England the family rooms were very fame and there was a great deal of social mobility

What makes this topic so interesting is that we can chart economic development in third world countries and what it will be like

For them in their Economic and social culture going from a collectivist society into a individualistic society

They are trade offs of individual versus collectivists

I wrote a small blog post on the topic recently

It can be hard trying to see the world through the eyes of somebody or of groups you disagree with

I am not a fan of the anti human movements but I do listen to what they got to say and sometimes

if you believe something for so long and it has dictated the choices you've made over the past 30 years or more

Saying you are wrong that goes for both sides can be something impossible to do

Anyway I hope I am making sense it getting late for me