.@heartiste I argue it's the outbred work-ethic ala @hbdchick, which indeed is quite coterminous w/ the Germanic area http://www.unz.com/isteve/nyt-brats-theory-of-protestant-work-ethic-has-a-surprisingly-distinguished-history/#comment-598096 …
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Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471@heartiste outbrededness and (one of these days if/when i ever get around to blogging it) the selection pressures of manorialism.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471@heartiste But Germany has some of the shortest working hours in Europe & french productivity is higher.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DOF_power
@DOF_power@JayMan471@heartiste well, apropos my tweet, the french (franks) invented manorialism! (^_^)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@JayMan471@heartiste & the non-manoralist Prussia of Bismark introduced industry quality standards ...4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@DOF_power @JayMan471 @heartiste it's a complicated picture...and one of these days i'll work up the multi-post series i'm planning on it.
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