Could help explain a few trends in American history

[Ian Livingston]

Don't have to be a Nazi to be an uptight German. I used to live in WI,
enmeshed with all those brilliant crazy saxons. A Berliner acquaintance, of
mine, of a certain income class, won't go out with German women, "Because
they're crazy." He's chasing Hispanic women in Texas, these days, I hear.

I mean, I'm no anti-saxon or anything. Hell, I can claim a fair share of
saxon blood mixed in with the celt. I just think there is a remarkable
similarity in the drive for wealth just because
if-I-get-it-then-you-don't-and-I-win between the US, England, and Germany.
It's the whole somewhat twisted every man-for-himself slant on anarchy--no
miracles allowed. And I think it's a socially-driven competitiveness within
and among warrior societies.

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Know any Germans? Like, today? In real life?
>
> How many of them would you call Nazis?
>
> MT
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Aw, c'mon. That's not nice.
>>
>> MT
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/02/daily-chart-3
>>>
>>
>>
>
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