Havent been in years. I remember Germans being quite friendly to Americans (me), but they weren't a fan of US politicians.
Great people, albeit far too capable to be this misguided and collective. With this cultural recipe, they will always on the edge of fascism just like they are today.
Thanks for that video, CBOE. God bless the Scottish Enlightenment and William the Silent.
"Philip the Second was an intellectual, but not intelligent. William was intelligent, but a practical man not given to intellectual pursuits." Philip II of Spain had his dogmatic theological philosophical bent, backed by the wealthiest kingdoms in Europe ruled with a centralized iron fist with the Duke of Alva and other viceroys and mandarins doing his exact bidding. William knitted and led a nation out of an extreme hodgepodge of Calvinist, Lutheran, and Catholic micro-states and had to kiss the ass of dozens of burgermeisters just to field an army.
Guess who won?
I remember Germans laughing when I was in Singapore, when Arnie was elected Governor of California.
In their mind, it was absurd that somebody not trained from birth to have the career of a ruler, could be a Governor. That person needed all the Administration Coursework, years in the Diet, several ministries, etc. etc. The French have that notion as well.
Europeans consider a one-term mayor of tiny Disney Castle Liechtenstein a better qualified candidate for any government office than a 15-year veteran of DeutscheBank or Fiat with 10k's of employees, worldwide operations, living through many up and down turns, and billions under management.
If Arnie had managed a thousand people and a $100M budget on several movies, to a European he'd be less qualified than some city council member from Etna, CA (pop 731).
"Aber, deise mensch nein haben alles die Bürokratie oder Papierkrieg!!!"
It's not just the Left, either. Look at classical European trained Von Mises: "Damn empirical experience, the axioms will eventually be right!"
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Havent been in years. I remember Germans being quite friendly to Americans (me), but they weren't a fan of US politicians.
Great people, albeit far too capable to be this misguided and collective. With this cultural recipe, they will always on the edge of fascism just like they are today.
www.youtube.com/embed/n7jlTYSeHWA
Sargon kills it w this analysis of Germans as compared to the English.
"Philip the Second was an intellectual, but not intelligent. William was intelligent, but a practical man not given to intellectual pursuits."
Philip II of Spain had his dogmatic theological philosophical bent, backed by the wealthiest kingdoms in Europe ruled with a centralized iron fist with the Duke of Alva and other viceroys and mandarins doing his exact bidding. William knitted and led a nation out of an extreme hodgepodge of Calvinist, Lutheran, and Catholic micro-states and had to kiss the ass of dozens of burgermeisters just to field an army.
Guess who won?
I remember Germans laughing when I was in Singapore, when Arnie was elected Governor of California.
In their mind, it was absurd that somebody not trained from birth to have the career of a ruler, could be a Governor. That person needed all the Administration Coursework, years in the Diet, several ministries, etc. etc. The French have that notion as well.
Europeans consider a one-term mayor of tiny Disney Castle Liechtenstein a better qualified candidate for any government office than a 15-year veteran of DeutscheBank or Fiat with 10k's of employees, worldwide operations, living through many up and down turns, and billions under management.
If Arnie had managed a thousand people and a $100M budget on several movies, to a European he'd be less qualified than some city council member from Etna, CA (pop 731).
"Aber, deise mensch nein haben alles die Bürokratie oder Papierkrieg!!!"
It's not just the Left, either. Look at classical European trained Von Mises: "Damn empirical experience, the axioms will eventually be right!"
Can’t wait to go back.