From Washington Reb's excellent, quick run-thru of political science and moral education:
America had the best of all worlds for probably 150 years: the Red Man was a man of honor; the Irishman and the Scot, wearing leather leggin's and fighting the Red Man, produced an entirely new creature. Combine those raw ingredients with the puritan's congregationalism, and you get a human being uniquely suited for republican citizenship. Raise such a man in atmosphere that punishes public cursing and public drunkenness -- a society whose women value the family over the orgasm -- and you have a country ready for business.
You got yourself a pretty safe place for kids to grow up in.
You don't have that now, do you?
Well, then, you might want to give some constructive thought to whether you can get that back, 'cause no one's gonna get it for you, punk'n.