Western civilization is dying worldwide, and the UK is ahead of the curve. Funny thing is if you ever get on any kind of public message-board with our British cousins & public issues or politics comes up the hate for the USA is astounding. Some of the most personal filth I’ve ever seen Americans accused of comes from the British. Not all of them of course....but enough to make your head spin.
You are correct on all counts - but although the UK may be ahead of the curve, unfortunately you have many traitors within the USA working to close that gap, and fast. The incumbent President comes to mind.
The reason many British have a distorted view of America is that they accept what they see in their mainstream media: on tv and in films, in the news and entertainment. (The BBC correspondant Andrew Marr once infamously boasted that he helped to create that distorted view.)
And in my 16 years of having the internet, I have read equally vile crap by Americans aimed at the British.