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Re:Why migrants come to Germany for work and then leave again by TMWNN on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:21PM (#48824802)
>I spent a day or so traveling through Germany with my parents a few weeks ago as part of a (much longer) trip and a common refrain during that day was, "So much for German efficiency."

I've heard it said that the idea that Germans are efficient is a myth. (The new Berlin airport is one example.)

Germans are, rather, *rule followers*.

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Re:Why migrants come to Germany for work and then leave again by aleph_minus_one on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @07:59PM (#48825682)
> I've heard it said that the idea that Germans are efficient is a myth.

I wouldn't say this either. Many people in Germany do care about efficiency, but they have nearly completely resignated about systemic problems where they can change nothing.

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Re:Why migrants come to Germany for work and then leave again by mft_ on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @08:17AM (#48830956)
Individual Germans on the whole are very efficient, possibly because they have to be to survive the awful sclerotic bureaucracy in Germany. The country is a Darwinian training system. Possibly.
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Re:Why migrants come to Germany for work and then leave again by markbravo0312 on Sunday July 12, 2026 @11:22AM (#48881862)
what a hilarious and seemingly accurate observation
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