In the old Europe, we're generally over and done with feelings like "we are good, we can only do good" which are far too righteous.

Yeah, and I bet your shit don't stink either. The history of Europe even only over the past 20 years pretty much speaks for itself. The place reeks of provincialism, racism, self-righteousness, ethnic snobbery, and utter contempt for the Western nations that have provided the creativity and drive for most of their economic growth, and not incidentally, provided the money and military might that kept Europe from being overrun by monsters and cleaned up messes worldwide that the Europeans were too "righteous" to deal with.

France in particular is a stellar example of cultural tolerance. I think France just declared the term "e-mail" illegal for not being sufficiently "French."