[Garth Tater]

The Germans aren’t buying what their lying government is selling.

Historically Germans are pretty good at believing what they're told and doing what they're told. They line right up in nice orderly queues to get their daily dose of govt koolaid beer.

[RegulatorCountry]

When it works, it works well. When it doesn’t, they follow it right off the rails. There’s both an upside and a downside to their being such a rule-oriented, orderly people.