I lived in Germany and worked for German companies for 26 years. They will accept government rules that no American society would even consider discussing, and they live their lives as before. It’s why Hitler was successful. He was the boss and they followed the rules he made.
What saves them is their ingenuity. They joked before the wall came down that the DDR was the only version of communism that worked. Of course it didn’t and that’s why they built the wall.
Businesses are moving out, many to the US., and their population is shrinking. They pay to have kids @ 250 euros a month per kid but still can’t maintain their population. With the huge social welfare burdens and the price of energy, the future for them is bleak. But they will march on to the new Fuhrer, whoever takes that role, Green or Red.