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NickO's avatar

Chris,

Today's post 'pushed me over the edge', and I'm now a paid subscriber.

I've really been enjoying your German walks, and a lot of what you've said about the difference between Germany and the USA apply here in Australia - while there is pride here in food & beverage culture, there is also a huge part of my country that only seems to want fuel rather than food.

And similar issues/values on ownership and why we can't have nice things.

Keep 'em coming!

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Judith's avatar

No Chris, you’ve absolutely nailed it about America’s fetishization of the “Individual”. We have no sense of the common good or even how to go about achieving it, or that we even should.

I lived in Germany twice. First, in 1969, as a chambermaid in a hotel in Grainau, the small village at the foot of Germany’s tallest mountain. Then 8 years later I returned as a foreign exchange student to study at Georg August University in Göttingen.

I loved living there, and reading your missives from Germany especially brings back all the wonderful memories. Thanks

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