Good analysis of the real reasons why German politicians work to weaken Germany and its People (probably it is even verboten to capitalize People, das Volk). Post 1945 is surely the world's first attempt to de-nationalize a nation (ignoring all the stories in the Old Testament around Israel eradicating its neighbors). A social engineering experiment to turn a People into merely residents. However, the joke has turned on those nations of the WW2 Allies -- this experiment is being done to them