@Real Mutha For Ya every brave Englishman left for the new world. Every strong Englishman died in the wars. Every smart Englishmen left the ruins. The modern Englishman is what's left over: craven, weak, ignorant, but - somehow - still every bit as pretentious.
The same reason a lot of these people lack individualism, a typically American trait. Anyone with aspirations left that dead rock behind. France and Germany after WWII are in the same camp.