You are just some American idiot when it comes to these things. IF this were about business I would strongly consider what you have to say, otherwise...
Dunno, people say work very hard some say I don't work at all. That comes from the love of project not due to personal reasons sometimes pure novelty...
You seem to have some kind of weird bias thinking the Germans were "the baddies" and thats all there is to it.. I guess that's what the winners learn...