Is Anglo-Saxon really Germanic??

[frankhammer]

UK, Australia and NZ are quite different to what you think of as Anglo Saxon. They have differences between them but are remarkably similar too. Enough that we all feel quite at home in each others nation.

Germanic, Maybe in some aspects. Personally, why care. We've had a stronger cultural impact than they have.

[JohnSmith]

UK, Australia and NZ are quite different to what you think of as Anglo Saxon. They have differences between them but are remarkably similar too. Enough that we all feel quite at home in each others nation.

Germanic, Maybe in some aspects. Personally, why would I care. We've had a stronger cultural impact than they have.

They all are mostly protestant and Pro-Business with lower taxes than the typical Germanic country.

[frankhammer]

They all are mostly protestant and Pro-Business with lower taxes than the typical Germanic country.

We all have full social welfare and state funded health systems too. Including subsidised doctors and specialists. Maybe not the best but at least we try to help.

[JohnSmith]

We all have full social welfare and state funded health systems too. Including subsidised doctors and specialists. Maybe not the best but at least we try to help.

The UK does not have the strongest Safety net and the labor market is much more flexible than the continental European countries. Also the UK does not have strict banking regulations.

The Australian Central bank is more similar to the UK and USA Central bank I think compared to the German Controlled ECB in Frankfurt or the Scandinavian Central Banks which have Negative Interest rates. I could never see an Anglo-Saxon country implementing Negative Interest Rates.

[frankhammer]

The UK does not have the strongest Safety net and the labor market is much more flexible than the continental European countries. Also the UK does not have strict banking regulations.

The Australian Central bank is more similar to the UK and USA Central bank I think compared to the German Controlled ECB in Frankfurt or the Scandinavian Central Banks which have Negative Interest rates. I could never see an Anglo-Saxon country implementing Negative Interest Rates.

I find we have little in common with the US business wise and in general society expectations. You can't read about these things and grasp that gulf between us. You have to experience it. Other than that, we're also remarkably similar. It helps we speak the same language even if you spell and pronounce words incorrectly.

[JohnSmith]

I find we have little in common with the US business wise and in general society expectations. You can't read about these things and grasp that gulf between us. You have to experience it. Other than that, we're also remarkably similar. It helps we speak the same language even if you spell and pronounce words incorrectly.

Labour is Labor here.

[frankhammer]

And again is a-gain, not a-gearn. Says is sayz, not sez. and so on. Although the media has spread those bad habits far and wide.

[JohnSmith]

And again is a-gain, not a-gearn. Says is sayz, not sez. and so on. Although the media has spread those bad habits far and wide.

Do you still think the Anglo Saxon world is quite different from the typical Germanic people.

[Trilecce]

I think their are slight similarities but Anglos, Scandinavians and Germans are quite different in their ways of life.

Not if compared to non germanics. Your certainly not like scandinavs and germans, but your closer to them than for example the french.

[von.nteller]

There is much documentation on WASP ideologies and economics/social values. They are generally pro-business/free-market + socially liberal/fiscally conservative. They do not espouse the nationalism and social conservatism that is rampant in republican ideology and rhetoric today. That is the result of the southern and bible belt infiltration of the party.

I agree, these ideologies have nothing to do with WASPS in New England. Midwestern rednecks are more representative of Republican ideology.

If anything Balkanites and Southern Europeans (along with Slavs) represent those aspects of the Republican party more while real WASPs are fiscally conservative, socially liberal and pro business.