Germans are so stubborn

[lonelyjak]

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

there's no definable 'culture', the point is for it to be an on going experiment

that doesnt disprove what im saying. america having no definable culture doesnt invalidate my suggestion that there are possible residual germanic personality/cultural traits in the broader american culture