The Germans are rapidly catching up with the Austrians ~ NOTE: Germany and the Benelux have substantial populations of government employees who have as their job picking up stuff. Austria and America, except for Bransom Missouri and Disneyland, do not!
Back in the day, one could find the way from K-Town to Baumholder Army post without road signs. Just follow the litter on the side of the roads. In the village where we lived. my wife would get out on Saturday morning sweeping the sidewalks As soon as she did, Germans would out of their houses so as not to be outdone. Germans are trained to follow rules. Culture matters. And deeply rooted. They say the the slovenly ways of hillbillies can be traced back to their ancesteral homes in Britain. In Central Texas, back in the day, you could easily tell a Germany farm from an “English”one. The Germans weren’t necessarily better farmers than the “English,” but their equipment was better maintained and their farms looked better. The great delusion of the liberal is that culture does not matter, that one can change culture at will without dire consequence. After all, don’t we know more than our ancestors? But my wife was outsweeping because her West Virginia grandfather always kept everything as neat as a pin, and he was doing what his dad had done, and his ancestors before him, back to somewhere in Germany. You never can tell about culture. That black music is played on the black keys of the piano may tell us something about black culture, why there are so few black mathematicians. Who knows. They are not much into discursive thinking. Their religion is not very theological.