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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace
You may feel that way that Germany ONCE was a powerhouse. I think that the German people are a stubborn lot and will re-imagine themselves into what you feel they once were. I can say that as I am half German and have seen that determination in my own family. 
If the German people can conceive of a new reality or reinvent themselves, I would bet by sheer force of will, the German's will make that happen. |
Thats a rather romantic assessment that ignores the changes that have taken place since "then". This is no longer the Germany you have learned to see it as. I find it hard to connect the present to the Germany of my schooldays. My elderly parents are downright bitter about the destruction of everything they had come to value in terms of values, culture and German ideals and qulities. The last 20 years have been devastating, but the destruction has already been planned since the late 1960s. It is almost complete now. Demographic developments are doing the rest.
I fear that if you were to visit Germany and stay here long enough to see behind the facade, you would be disappointed. This is no longer the Germany of 2006 and the football summer fairytale that delighted all the international guests. I finished school in 1985, whcih were still good years. These ended some years after reunification. Since the mid or late 90s, I see Germany ever more and ever faster declining.