No, that's true. American society is ubiquitous for the western first world, though. And I;ve had many discussions about this exact topic on skype with a few Europeans (shocker lots goes on behind the scenes). SLI is the archetype for American male culture. Delta society (if there is such a thing it would be massively socially acceptable cultural values shared by most in these nations), permeates much of the free world: possibilities, sensoring awareness of logics of actions, detailed orientated success, good relations based on common humanity, individualistic success - but not at the expense of others.
SLEs are asked to play politely, and grow up in a sense, on the outside looking in. This is why the seem like they belong to another, more accepting time frame: a wilder more rugged time.
Take for instance Australia, this is a Delta ST nation.