Another eighteenth century popularizer of anti-American views was Cornelius DePauw of the Netherlands who contended in his popular 1768 book, Philosophical Research on the Americans, that everything across the Atlantic was “either degenerate or monstrous.”
He obviously missed the boat because I would say that last comment more reflects things in Europe. You can window shop for prostitutes in Holland and Germany to name just one of the many institutions common to Europe.
Hmmm, Europe's best, bravest and brightest came to America to find a new life. Therefore most of today's Americans are descended from them, while today's Europeans are descended from those who stayed behind. Any connection between that and the reasons why America has done so much better over the course of the past century?