Why Germans are Not Proud of Being German
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Aaron from Hamburg, Germany shares why North German is different from the rest of Germany. What was his culture shock while living in Brazil? And why are Germans not proud of their own culture compared to Brazilians?
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And this also manifests in the German government.
Jup, same in Austria
Germany has awesome art and we're always welcoming way before the Nazis. The problem is that they live in the shadows of the grandparents generation of the Nazis. Stop beating yourselves up . Germans are kind and really cool people .
I think treating the Nazis sorta how Mongolia treats the Empire is how Germany should go about that; loads of nuance, but embrace the fact that your people totally conquered the world (or your continent)
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12 years out of hundreds. Enjoy the noble part if German history. The 12 was a hiccup of delusion.
With all due respect, being able to navigate superficial comments is a great skill. I have recently moved back to the US from Germany and one of the highlights of moving back has been these superficial conversations with strangers...whether at the park, the grocery store, waiting for my kids at the elementary school. I so missed this while living in Germany for 10 years. These conversations can play an important role in ever day life. For some people, this might be their only interaction with another person during the day. But this is a very American way of thinking, which I understand.
Yes, absoultely for ALL THE AMERICAS. Particularly Latin Americans, small superficial hospitable conversations, you feel well, less lonely, and sometimes get interesting information. And it DOES NOT ENGAGE YOU IN ANYTHING, it's just warm empathic superficial talks.
@@amiquigonzales7917 yeah, i enjoy talkin' to people here and there when im outside nothin' really wrong interacting with others.
In some countries in Europe it can be the same, of course people are different but i would say southern and South-Eastern Europe is more open then the rest of the continent.
They are NOT superficial! They are just not deep. Who cares
@Justice55339h superficial literally means surface level/not deep 😂
As a Brazilian I just love the way he used the word saudade correctly and so naturally
Germany has a LONG history before the nazis. They really should revive some of the positive aspects of their culture. Don't be blindly nationalistic, but be proud of what you have.
Tricky balance, I know
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Not really that long Germany doesnt even exist that long
@@KeVIn-pm7pu Germany is a young country
@@KeVIn-pm7pu1870 is 154 years
Yeah before the nazis, they were colonisers. Not much better 👀
Im proud and yet acknowledge the bad parts.....
What bad parts?
Proud of what?
Exactly
He is right…I travel a lot and lived abroad but then I keep missing Germany (my native country). I love Germany. But I really miss my „German brothers and sisters“ to be proud of our culture and beautiful country. I feel lonely when they keep talking about all the other cultures being more interesting or better than ours. I want to feel at home when I am in Germany 🫶🏻
Guys...
His shirt! 😅😅😅
He waves his hands like an Italian lol
They just need to be a little more easy going and not to be so serious about life.
Germany has a LOT to be proud of!😃👍I am not from Germany, but I would love to see this nation to be strong again!🙏💪
It's about time! As an Italian I say why not ..we are in our twenties 😂
MGGA!! 😂
You are Hungarian. Few of the countries even more racist than Germany.
Germany doesn't need moral support from little backward eastern european countries.
Es gibt auch in Deutschland small talk. Erlebe es oft und gerne.
I don't understand the idea of being proud of something other people did or achieved. Ok, they happened to be born in the same country (not always the case, states and borders can change), spoke the same language as you do (not true for multilingual countries).
Nationalism is a plague. There is a fine line between being proud of your nation/country and thinking your nation is superior to others. Germany went through it, now Russia is going through the same. I'm witnessing it with my own eyes, being Russian.
Nations and religions with all their pride are only means to divide and conquer. Let's not forget that we are all human beings.
Germans are generally lovely people- I grew up there in the 70s and still miss it - a little part of me is forever German
Happy Saturday, Marina!
It sounds like he's describing Swedish culture! I guess our cultures are quite similar.
And we're not proud of our nationality either- so I don't think it has to do with German history necessarily they Germans are like that.
@@liahk1000and our ancestry is also similiar.....especially with us northwest germans....Saxon ...Angles and norse DNA
Let's assume the German way of not being nationalistic can be explained by Holocaust and the Nazis. What did the Swedes do in their history? I don't have an answer to that.
@liahk1000 It's sad to hear. Swedish people and their country is alao very beautiful!😍🥰 Keep it going because we need both nations to be with us!🙏💪👍💯
@@liahk1000the best cure for this is read a lot of history, mythology and listen folk music from your own land..
Sweden has a lot of it, be proud of it!
I' ve always found it so sad how some European countries feel the need to join other cultures rather than highlighting the good in their own culture rather than feeling tainted by the bad in their history.
Yeah, I am from Hamburg too. I totally agree with him
Germany has got alot to proud of some of the greatest inventions and smartest minds in history came out of that country, they always talk about there dark history with the nszis but if you look at every country they all had dark history's aswell
The self hate is being pushed on them by nefarious suspects.
That's true , in Argentine we have 30.000 "desaparecidos"...
To be proud of your nationality is something for people who have little else to be proud of.
Spot on.
Well I do like Polka music and also some genres of Mexican music such as banda and norteña, it was thanks to the Germans and Polish that we have this type of music. I like the sound of the accordion. Germany invented the automobile that's pretty cool too. Neustchwanstein Castle looks pretty neat too.
It's sad, I'm learning German, and I ask German tell me any German song, but, they don't know the song by singinig German, modern German song's lyrics are English mainly.
I think his point of view only reflects his generation. You nowadays find a lot of you Germans (younger than him) who are very proud of their origin!
when someone asks me to sing a german song:
"ARBEITER, BAUERN, NEHMT DIE GEWEHRE..."
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It feels as if he was talking about being Russian.
Being a brazilian living in France, I agree with him. A lot of brazilians nowadays tend to be quite superficial in their relationships.
But you (and ALL OF US Latin Americans) are warm, hospitable people.... one feels welcome in our countries. It's not trying to interact with SCHOPENHAUER or PAULO FREIRE. For God's sake, for this you have your specialized friends and/or colleagues.
@@amiquigonzales7917 Yeah, it is hospitable I have never said otherwise, and I wasn't talking about having deep conversations and all that. I'm just saying brazilians in general have exaggerated sympathy displays that do not translate what they actually think. Some hypocrisy is okay in the realm of politeness, but I'm pointing out something that is just purely fake.
@@viictor1309 Probably, but as they remain polite, smiley and respectful, who cares what they are really thinking, provided it is not assaulting you later on? I am talking about small chats with random foreigners; among friends, neighbors, colleagues, it's another matter as this will affect your life or your job. So... mistrust a Brazilian? I've seen so many polite, smiley people in Rio, Curitiba, Paraty and Foz... lovely places. And I'm Peruvian so about warmth, hospitality and mistrust I know.
Am half Moroccan and Norwegian and one of my best friends is German. German people are one of the nicest and realest people that exists. It's sad to so a lot of Germans ashamed of their own culture and history. Prost 🍺🇩🇪
So sick of these made up stereotypes about Americans..I had the same few close friends most of my life, we have been real friends who cared about each other a lot..just because we are friendlY with everyone doesn't mean we are PRETENDING to be friends. Apparently unlike you, we can differentiate between general friendliness, acquaintances, and true longtime friends. Notice America is like the one part of the world he left out of where Germans travel to🙄 I'm so sick of the European anti-American sentiment. I see a good bit of on this channel..I was treated very badly when I visited Germany years ago (by some, not by most)..and another area of Europe as well. Never been treated so horribly in my life, Americans don't feel entitled to stoop that low. Some Europeans are great but the trust feels broken at this point to me
You Are Talking about made up stereotypes? And at the Same time you are using stereotypes about Germany, nice my friend.
You probably feel treated bad because not everyone pretended to care about you. But guess what, you are Not the centre of the world, just as the USA isnt the Centre of the world. Hard to believe, Right?
Of course germans are generally friendly, but you don’t have to Talk to every random person. And if you don’t like something, you Can say it. Where is the Problem?
And what makes you believe that Latin America, USA, Asia and France are the whole world? Thats extremely ignorant, as you US-Americans always are…
This makes me want to go to Germany
Propaganda worked really well
He explained the German psyche well
Germany is a U.S. military base, injected with N@zi guilt, and now instead of travelling to look for cultures the government has opened the door for cultures in Germany. It makes me tear when I hear a real German say "yalla'' or ''haide'. Loss of identity.
Feel like Germans can be arrogant and thus, prideful of their identity in some way.
It is a weird to be proud to be a citizen of the country you are born in. If you haven't done anything to become a citizen you have nothing to be proud of.
Germany has so many great things to be proud of, advanced science, great engineers, education is amazing. Be proud of your country, all countries have some sort of past.
I love America and the people are among the kindest people l. What I don't like is the small talk culture it's so fake.
Gray hair(or bald) middle-aged guy with Ramones t-shirt .
It doesn't get more cliché than this😂
Ramones t-shirt?!?!
This is the same among all European cultures. It is not an accident. It is by design.
I would rather be Swedish.
You should be proud. I mean, even though you wear those white socks with Birkenstock, it is still your origins 😅
Great explanation 👌
Complicated. I think he should go back to Germany and stay for a while. Because i know that feeling, he probably just misses his home/country but has to stay in a foreign country because of something and it leads him to a negative feeling. There is nothing wrong with other cultures or any culture and it's okay if you don't like it, but just don't be so aggressive about it because at the end it's not other people's fault that you are feeling like that. That's why sometimes it's better to take a break and go home and when you are ready, come back again.
I know that feeling, because I'm currently in Germany and I come from a warm culture and here in Germany, people are so cold and rude and i don't like it and i was and will always be again in his situation, complaining and will never understand why people in this country are so cold and rude and so distant. That's why i went home and came back again or i tried to talk and hang out with my people in Germany.
You will always have that feeling and it can be even worse when you meet a racist person in the same phase while you have that bad feeling, that's why you should not allow it to destroy yourself because it will still happen and will have no End.
Keep strong, stay nice and stay calm to all people in a foreign country ❤
German people arent rude, they are pretty cold and direct, but not rude
@@mmww1127 well to me they are. Maybe i can't generalize all of them, but most are. Most of the german that I have met were rude, not open, no respect for other people's feelings and perspective (culturally) and always think they are always right. Same with the Dutch, Scandinavian, France and English. I can only talk from my experience. That's what it is, nothing to hide 🤷🏽♂️
@@lelugrey1509 yeah, sure buddy. And after calling 100 millions of people rude and disrespectful, you complain about Europeans not loving the USA. You are so delusional bud
@@mmww1127 lol junge maybe u should take a holiday in other countries and stay there for at least 1-2 years and open your mind and learn other cultures and perspectives. U seems to have a lot of Problem in ur life. From what u have written it makes even clearer what i have said about the german or in general northwest European. You and your kind are not the main character in this world 😉
@@mmww1127 and i didn't even say anything that European don't like the USA or calling 100 millions of people rude, it's not calling, it's the FACT/REALITY
Same thing with russians honestly!
T shirt is si 😎
Well im a Greek woman and i think Germans have also people like Bertolt Brecht to be proud
German songs??????.....:'HEINO!???...😂😂😂
Dirty history? Oh he means the made up holl off kozt
NECESITO la remera de este tipo.
80 years of brainwashing 😔
Brainwashing to self hate by nefarious actors.
Can I be honest? I’m kinda glad Germans are like this. The last thing the world needs is more nationalism, especially in Europe 😅
Unfortunately, this is exactly what is leading to our undoing in all kinds of different regards right now, which is something I'm not going to get into here and which people who aren't experiencing first-hand just how bad things are in Germany might not be able to comprehend.
Without patriotism - not nationalism, like you were saying, but patriotism - our country and our people are truly lost. Unfortunately, we are pretty much the most unpatriotic country on the planet as outlined by that gentleman in the video above, so I don't see any changes coming either way.
Wrong... Because if you strip people out of their identity and culture they'll go mad. Nazi-sm was actually somewhat because of that! The German pride was in an all time low, because they lost the 1st World War... And Hitler promised that pride back. And in a way he did delivered it. Until he lost it completely of course. Most Germans probably didn't know the cost of that pride restoration until too late... There was a "quicksand factor" in the whole thing too. The more the regime solidified, the more evil and extreme it got. The rise of the Right in Europe comes from this exactly!!!! European countries are being overrun by immigrants and different cultures that don't co-exist well... And natives are feeling left out of their nationality and land. It's like being adopted by another family.... You lived with your parents, which provided comfort, love, familiarity and then you get a complete stranger that doesn't provide ANY of that. It is a process that can go well... Or BADLY
@@cedrikullrich4298 Very well said
The causes of Europe's wars were far more than just nationalism...
This is absurd. Why would he not be proud of his culture? Germany has produced the world's greatest musicians from Bach to Beethoven to Handel to Strauss, the greatest philosophers from Schopenhauer to Kirkegaard to Hegel to Heidegger to Nietzsche, and the greatest literature and poetry from Goethe to Herman Hesse to Thomas Mann to Kafka. The list just goes on and on. German culture is literally one of the greatest cultures of civilization. One bad guy from 1939 doesn't erase that and never will. But you guarantee that German culture will CEASE with an attitude like he has! Shameful!!
True. Even me from S.Korea totally impressed by the Nietzsche. I feel so sad that their cultures are being erased.
Kafka was Czech, he was born during the Austrian-Hungarian empire (and that's why he spoke German)
They are proud about acting 'German' and arrogant enough to try imposing that on others.
Liar
They should be proud. They almost won twice. Against the WORLD! 😅
No. Not even close.
They didnt. They had a bunch of allies both times and got beat to sleep both times...and they didnt even last as long as Japan
@@TimisTrilipides-cl3xr mkay. Though they really did.
@@TimisTrilipides-cl3xra bunch of allies. The only ones they really had were Japan, Italy betrayed them. While fighting France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, USA and a lot of smaller countries. And would either Soviet Union or USA not have been there, Germany would have won. Just from the Military, they were really strong.
And of course they didnt last as Long as Japan, they are in the centre of Europe, with GB and France and Soviet Union Next to them, they were fighting all Opponent Nations, while Japan only fighted china and USA and of course exists of alot of islands.
And maybe they were smarter, because they didnt get nuked twice.
That shirt! 😁
Germans scare me.
Because of your brainwash American Nazi movies?
Americans often confuse friends for acquaintances. It’s annoying.
What's your basis for such a claim? I've never had this problem and never seen hardly any American I've known here be so socially inept
@@Justice55339hbecause you all are like that
Why the German people are dying out...
Are they really? Is it because of the pride or because they don't reproduce that much
Jamones
Ah that age old German love for Latin America 😂😂😂 Argentina?
He makes very good points! Especially how he describes us Americans in friendships 😅😔
Bullshit
In history Romans,Persians,Germans are the best in all aspects
No
Dirty history? How about dirty present! Free Palestine!
Why muslim countries keep abandoning their allies, Palestine? It's surprising that no muslim countries fight for them, and they've abandoned them repeatedly since the Israel founded, only brainwashing like "all muslims are friends".