America used to be part in love with technology, but also aware of the importance of being in accord with nature. So Americans always sought a balance. It was common and almost universal to go out into the wildness for the weekends all over America for the exact reason of getting in accord with nature; and that was the reason for the Boy Scouts (until they fell due to political correctness). But the idea was this same. That Americans tend towards the center. Not far left or far right. And that is how any president got elected- by showing himself somewhere near the center. This idea of moderation and balance I imagine used to part of the USA and English DNA.
However that changed dramatically recently.

[You can see why the idea of Breslov of going out into nature by oneself and talking with God in one's own mother tongue made a lot of sense to me. It is already just combing two idea I already was familiar with--prayer and nature.]