I'm not foreign to the US, but I don't believe #12 is the most common view in the US. Among successful professionals it might be, but when you look at the amount of money this country wastes on giving out substandard/dumbed-down, "higher" educations to absolutely everyone and the amount of time the average person wastes on TV/movies, you could almost argue that the most popular viewpoint is the opposite of #12. It probably just isn't voiced in a conscious way or a truly appreciative way. (Though I will say that it is strange how the educational/aesthetic standards are often so low despite being such high demand. Perhaps that reflects a paradox of some kind.)

Otherwise, a few of the other opinions I could also nitpick as being the dominant US viewpoint. If I have the time I'll type up more.