Germany has tended to be a very orderly sort of country. Prussian discipline was well known. They follow rules. The Weimar period was a little decadent, but when the Nazis came along with a lot of rules and regulations, I don’t think it’s surprising that the German people did as they were told.
Russia has always been a very autocratic country. Serfs and Peasants had no power and the government officials (Czarist aristocrats for centuries) ran things as they saw fit. When the Bolsheviks came along, tremendous changes were put into place, but the basic pattern of little people being rigidly controlled by unfeeling government agents continued.
The United States of America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are a hardy and independent people who cherish our individual rights, and prefer that the government keep its distance. Therefore it is tremendously shameful that we have surrendered so much to an illegitimate tyrannical government.People now live in fear of their government, fear of their neighbors, and fear of their local school systems. We behave like sheep and follow arbitrary dictats from little bureaucrats and busybodies.
I understand the Nazis well enough.
I understand the Bolsheviks well enough.
I am appalled at America in 2021.
It takes living in a foreign country for a while to realize how very true that is. The American rebellion over face masks is unique in the world, and something to be proud of. The rebellious nature of a real American is beyond cultural: it's genetic. America is a nation founded by rebels. 23andMe should detect it and highlight its presence in their results report.
There are two kinds of countries in the world: those that have walked on the moon, and those that have not.
I am appalled at America in 2021.
Well put.!