you act based on some models

provided to you by culture

@Cesare Anasazi it isn't really being proud of the achievements of others, though.
you must not forget, that you are a product of said achievements. you are NOT disconnected from them.

if you believe said culture is good

and follow it well

then you can be happy with yourself

do you see?

Germans tend to be arrogant... at the same time, if they put their mind to something, their mania carries them to heights unachieved by any before them... so... rightly arrogant in a way? dunno... problem is, when said arrogance is in no way deserved.

I am a product of my own achivement

all my ancestors did were kick pig shit in the little piece of land

@Cesare Anasazi you are not.

ofc fam

Wall of text has been read, agree with everything, excellent points

you didn;t learn any lessons from the past

your parents didn;t indoctrinate a set of rules int oyou

not at all

you ar ean island

lmao

Germans being forced into defeating the ultimate evil over and over again forces them into becoming yet another evil, they're being cornered ideologically

@Cesare Anasazi you are the product of a lot of achievements that made you. so you have the ability to shape yourself and your descendants.

They didnt, my parents are complete opposite of my believes

ofc fam

you continue believing that

and russian culture is not about individualism too

will pass at about 30

maybe 35

@ETBrooD like I said: they're always going in the right direction at first and then going off the deep end soon after...

Pretty much, just look at their obsession with the ending of nuclear power

They're so obsessed with that, they don't even care about the science

@Cesare Anasazi neither is German culture. I still am an individualist. I am still anchored in this world to enough to a degree to understand, that I am the product of trillions of actions, uncounted vicotries and mistakes.

@ETBrooD oh I know... same with climate change stuff

Actions of my ancestors have nothing to do with me. I can respect them if they did good but there's nothing to be proud about them for me.

But I don't think this is a uniquely German experience, it's the same here in Austria and many other countries

Austria is actually a perfect breeding ground for complete maniacs, I don't know why

@ETBrooD "WE MUST DO IT".... when... it's not just useless to tackle, it's impossible to do.
(the impact is minor, I read the literature on that one... the increased output of the sun has more of an impact.)

My grandfather fought the Zwentendorf AKW (nuclear power plant) until it was stopped. He was a madman.

@ETBrooD oh yeah... especially Vienna... whenever I hear someone came from the university at Vienna, I avoid them.

We had a serial bomber, we had a guy who jailed his daughters in his cellar

And we produced Hitler

A small little country in the center of Europe, looking peaceful af, producing all these nutjobs

xD yup