The 'Basic Law' does not refer to the responsibility of Germans towards their community at all. The first several articles, much like other modern constitutions

The 'Basic Law' does not refer to the responsibility of Germans towards their community at all. The first several articles, much like other modern constitutions, refer only to German's right to self expression. German Constitution makes the point more obvious: written just after WW2, obviously, vern concerned with making sure people have 'their rights' = this is fundamentally a liberal concept, and my point about 'historical issues with authoritarianism'. Almost all of our liberal documents are like this. But they are not communitarian documents, and our legal system and governments do not generally codify the 'social fabric' that makes our civilizations work well. Many NGO's exist to promote those legal concepts, particularly freedoms, but very few (except maybe the Church, and possibly indirectly some kind of social justice ones) to promote specifically the kinds of values and behaviours we need to work well a society. Germany and Japan it seems, have those things very strongly enmeshed into cultural foundations, thankfully, but in 2020 with globalization and the erosion of all culture etc. it might be worth having a look at.