Mystery:Why is England More Liberal than the United States?

Reasons for why England is substantially more liberal than the United States include:

• England lacks socially conservative intellectuals, perhaps due to its atheistic-controlled university system
• Workers unions are far more powerful in England than in the United States
• Gun control dominates England -- negating a healthy attitude of self-defense -- in contrast with the United States
• People in England believe in the theory of evolution, unlike most of the United States
• Churches have been in sharp decline in England, causing people to worship government instead
• A state-run church that became a social bureaucracy over time
• Lack of freedom of speech that fully protects criticism of public officials and everyone else
• The United States began as a rebellion against liberalism in England, both when the colonies were settled and by the American Revolution
• The welfare state in England is so thoroughly entrenched and used by people dependent on the government that any attempt by a conservative to reform it is met with hostility.
• England has never been as isolationist as the US and participates more in socialist-leaning groups like the European Union where it could be influenced. The US's characteristic way of being different allows for a more conservative view point.
• Unlike the federalism and decentralized government in the United States, England has centralized government that enables a small number of liberals to exercise more influence.