Germans are so stubborn

[lonelyjak]

The internet here is appalling for the biggest economy in europe

Most of the country still uses physical paperwork. why?

A good proportion of vendors still don't accept card. again, why?

Real odd country in many ways. Shopkeepers are overtly rude to people or dismissive on a level that would get you fired in the UK. Maybe that's more of an eastern thing, which would make sense.

It's like the country is completely torn between luddite conservatism and progressive environmentalism.

I often wonder if residual germanic personality traits still exist in the US since we have a large population descended from germans

Most people tried to distance themselves from their German ancestry during the wars. Idk, Americans have forged their own culture; it's so different from europe i'd probably say no. Obviously massively generalizing, but Americans are more comfortable sitting at the forefront of things. Germans are still very conservative in a way, especially here in the east. The younger generation are very environmentally active but they've definitely still inherited that work anxiety. Most of them are incredibly overworked and stressed.

that doesnt disprove what I said though. I was musing if there were residual personality traits. I was never making the argument that undiluted germanic personality traits still exist in the american psyche. if americans forged their own culture then where did that come from? out of the ether? its only rational to posit that the american cultural mindset is a pastiche of all the different european immigrant groups that settled here, among which germans were a major immigrant group.

there is something vaguely germanic about many other americans ive met (personality wise), but I cant put my finger on it exactly. I dont rule out that maybe im just imagining it either though