Yes. I don’t want to invalidate people’s bad experiences, but I think it’s a more general problem and not specifically xenophobia. What you describe can happen to anybody! The same is true for speaking English, which is…
Can you give examples? I'm curious which of your beliefs have changed
I don't think it's an obvious joke. In general, you can totally be against the way immigration is handled in one place while being an immigrant elsewhere. The family you mentioned likely considered themselves different…
There's two things at play here: 1. Defensiveness; one could describe it as "Stockholm syndrome" 2. What outsiders don't understand about the language thing is that it's not about how much German you need to get along…
I see two big problems: 1. A "meta-problem": While many Germans agree that things are bad, people favour completely opposite solutions. My meta-solution to that would be decentralisation and letting more things be…
Correct. German culture is to take any idea and take its to its conclusion, until the idea is dead.
This is one of the most accurate descriptions I’ve seen here. Germany is a country with immense potential. All one can say is “what a shame”.
That’s good life advice.
Great design is more about consistency than uniformity. Just imagine how hard it would be to read a text if all the words had a similar shape! You want them to look very distinct while the predictability of the layout…
Yes. I don’t want to invalidate people’s bad experiences, but I think it’s a more general problem and not specifically xenophobia. What you describe can happen to anybody! The same is true for speaking English, which is…
Can you give examples? I'm curious which of your beliefs have changed
I don't think it's an obvious joke. In general, you can totally be against the way immigration is handled in one place while being an immigrant elsewhere. The family you mentioned likely considered themselves different…
There's two things at play here: 1. Defensiveness; one could describe it as "Stockholm syndrome" 2. What outsiders don't understand about the language thing is that it's not about how much German you need to get along…
I see two big problems: 1. A "meta-problem": While many Germans agree that things are bad, people favour completely opposite solutions. My meta-solution to that would be decentralisation and letting more things be…
Correct. German culture is to take any idea and take its to its conclusion, until the idea is dead.
This is one of the most accurate descriptions I’ve seen here. Germany is a country with immense potential. All one can say is “what a shame”.
That’s good life advice.
Great design is more about consistency than uniformity. Just imagine how hard it would be to read a text if all the words had a similar shape! You want them to look very distinct while the predictability of the layout…