Tribal Report
10 November, 2021; 6 Kislev, 5782.
Contents:
1. US Lutherans less anti-Jewish than other Americans whereas German Lutherans are worse than non-Lutheran Germans!
2. The Dutch and Scandinavian Mentality
3. What is the difference between British and Dutch mentality?
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1. US Lutherans less anti-Jewish than other Americans whereas German Lutherans are worse than non-Lutheran Germans!
Source:
Martin Luther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
US Lutherans historically less Anti-Semitic but German Lutherans more so!
Strommen et al.'s 1970 survey of 4,745 North American Lutherans aged 15�65 found that, compared to the other minority groups under consideration, Lutherans were the least prejudiced toward Jews.[251]
See Merton P. Strommen et al., A Study of Generations (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing, 1972), p. 206. P. 208 also states "The clergy [ALC, LCA, or LCMS] are less likely to indicate anti-Semitic or racially prejudiced attitudes [compared to the laity]."
Nevertheless, Professor Richard Geary, former professor of modern history at the University of Nottingham and the author of Hitler and Nazism (Routledge 1993), published an article in the magazine History Today examining electoral trends in Weimar Germany between 1928 and 1933. Geary notes, based on his research, that the Nazi Party received disproportionately more votes from Protestant than Catholic areas of Germany.
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2. The Dutch and Scandinavian Mentality
Chris Ebbert, lives in Sweden
[Extract from Quora]
https://www.quora.com/Ive-heard-a-few-Swedes-say-the-Dutch-have-a-very-Nordic-and-Scandinavian-mentality-How-would-you-explain-and-describe-that-mentality
Originally Answered: I've heard a few Swedes say the Dutch have a very nordic and Scandinavian mentality. How would you explain and describe that mentality?
My family background has Dutch aspects, and I have spent a lot of time in the Netherlands as a child. Now I live in Sweden, and I feel like I've come home.
In my opinion, the central element that the Dutch and the Swedes share is a notion that everyone deserves a measure of comfort. They believe in the child in people, and that everyone, at some point, was a good person, and perhaps still is. And therefore, everyone deserves to be treated with decency.
The other thing is a commitment to progress, civilization, and innovation.
Perhaps logically for a nation like the Netherlands that has always had to find ways to prevail against the ocean, having new ideas and being bold and trying stuff has always been respected, and Sweden very much shares this aspect. Sweden isn't trying to stay afloat against the will of the ocean, like the Netherlands, but it also represents a small spark of human civilization in a vast, dark wilderness, where ingenuity and skill are required to keep life comfortable.
And that brings up the third point, which I think has to do with respect for women.
Both the Netherlands and Sweden are horrified of macho ideals. They are places where women are expected to be strong, successful, and equal to men, and it's how everybody prefers it.
And I think that's pretty much it.
There has been a lot of Dutch influence in Sweden through the Hansa trading network of the middle ages, so it is quite evident that there must have been a lot of cross inspiration then.
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3. What is the difference between British and Dutch mentality?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-British-and-Dutch-mentality?
Sascha Vojtiva
[Extract from Quora]
I only know some superficial differences. One of the differences is that the Dutch learn three languages at school mandatory, English, French and German and in some schools Spanish and Chinese. The old British mostly speak no foreign language and the younger British only one.
The British are more conservative and more nostalgic than the Dutch. They love their culture and history. The Dutch are more concerned about money and they only think about the future. Their history does not play a big role in their life except the Second World War which is for the old people a big trauma.
British are more concerned about their language and culture. They preserve historical hangovers in spelling and they feel threatened by the use of American words. They are nostalgic and want to conserve their traditions and way of living. They are strategic in the choice of learning a language. And they expect that most people speak English especially in the Netherlands.
The Dutch lavishly use loanwords from other languages to sound more interesting, qualified and get the attention. But when they speak loanwords they not seldom have the wrong accent and the false pronunciation. They are like oak trees and they decorate themselves with chistmas bulbs to look like a christmas tree. Some of them have no respect for their language at all. And pessimists under them think it will finally disappear between two or three generations. They think themselves their language sounds ugly compared to Italian because of the guttering sounds. They think they have one of the most difficult language of the world and they are surprised if anyone speaks Dutch especially someone from the UK or America. Let it be clear. It is not my opinion of the Dutch language but it is the opinion of many Dutch have about their own language.
The British are friendly and polite. There is bigger difference between the social classes. Children wear schooluniforms for not being discriminating. The Dutch are more egalitarian and liberal. A schooluniform would be unthinkable for them. In the United Kingdom things the boss is expected to do something on the relations at work. In the Netherlands nothing will change if you do not take the initiative. And because of their egalitarian thinking they have to meet for many occasions. In this meeting they have to be the point to make their ideas and thoughts clear. Therefore the Dutch are learned from childhood to be assertive, which can be in the eyes of the foreigner direct or blunt, but which is not always their intention. When you are assertive you have to come up for your rights without offending someone else which can be very difficult.
In the Netherlands a church is only for prayers and sermons and not a place where your find memorials, names and flags of people who are killed during wars.
Many British have an island mentality. They see themselves as independent and they feel themselves threatened by laws of the EU. The intellectual Dutch are a player in the EU. They try to hold the fabric of European nations together.The Dutch with a lower education are more typical British they want out of the EU and build a fence around the Netherlands. These are generalisations of the Dutch, the reality is more difficult. The British have a split personality. They still use miles, inches and stones beside meters, kilos and centimeters. The Dutch use only centimeters, kilos, etc.
And their is more solidarity in the Dutch society. The differences between incomes are smaller in the Netherlands than in the United Kingdom.
And in the Netherlands you have the Bible Belt where people think they have seen the light and that other people go to hell because they are no christians while they call themselves so. You are protestant or catholic and nothing in between like the anglical church in the United Kingdom. It is not my intention to offend the British but the Dutch see it so.
Religion plays a role in politics. You have political parties who call themselves christian. Some of them are representives of people from the Bible Belt. In British politics you only have secular parties.