well holy crap, I almost predicted that nobel prize incoming on page one, ha!
on a side note:
first: this thread is about history, not status quo,
second: germany only rose from the ashes of wwII successfully because of US interessts
third: all of europe is and was a clusterfuck of nations. a great book about german history from BEFORE the wars, "die geschichte der deutschen", describes wonderful how germany always was a melting pot of ethnic and cultural groups, eastern germans being more related to their slawic neighbros than to western germans with francophone relations. not to mention the north south descripency.
thats also what made germany a candidate for being THE neutral and balancing power in the heart of europe, helping overcome the eastern powerblocks differences with the western ones and vice versa during imperialism. sadly, it never came to this because of prussio-austrian differences, and not only in sexual orientation but also penis size for that matter.
Ignoring the last scentence, lets move on: EVERY SINGLE EUROPEAN country had great moments of acedemic, political, social and military enlightment, not one is better than the other or worse, because they are not to be compared.
Because, if it comes down to the individual, it is neither one mans success, nor identification, on which side of a border he was born, or decided to live, or fled to.
the only thing man kind may say is: we are all one, and we must all strive for the better of each and everyone one!
anyone of different opinion will be circumcised to death.
ah, so much more to say, so many facettes to this. but in the end, it really comes to this: evolving humanity must overcome national thinking.
accept during hobby racism, ofc.
cause thats funny.