German engineering is good because it is conservative without losing a forward gaze. You see these effects socially and you lament that it isn't something else

German engineering is good because it is conservative without losing a forward gaze. You see these effects socially and you lament that it isn't something else (from the examples, the ideals that the US like to espouse), but it wouldn't be what it was then. As a whole, it is what produces the OS you like.