Germans don't know better! They voted time and time again for unpragmatic solutions and nanny state approaches, to the extent that the head state, Angel Merkel

Germans don't know better! They voted time and time again for unpragmatic solutions and nanny state approaches, to the extent that the head state, Angel Merkel, become informally called "mother Merkel" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Angela_Merkel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_image_of_Angela_Merke...). Except perhaps for the Dalai Lama who enjoys adoration out of religious reasons, I know of no other state (and definitely no other big economy) other then Germany where public infantilization reached such advanced states. Imagine calling Biden "Uncle", Macron "Cousin" or Meloni "Aunt". Strange world.