i could swear that in the early/mid 90's, the story was that germans were more awesome because they worked longer hours than we did. now we're not awesome becau

i could swear that in the early/mid 90's, the story was that germans were more awesome because they worked longer hours than we did. now we're not awesome because we work longer hours. am i misremembering the articles, or have we indeed always been at war with eurasia?