Quote: (05-16-2019 07:04 AM)Que enspastic Wrote:
I don’t think that’s a sufficient explanation
40% of Czechs consider themselves atheist; 40% are Roman Catholics 13% are undecided, remainining % are other religions
I'm not talking about superficial displays of religiosity, which is more of a "sudlander" thing.
I'm talking about INSIDE, is there a voice saying "behave yourself", not for fear or shame, but for knowing that is the right thing to do.
Romania is also not the same ethnic makeup as Hungary, for one they have a HUGE gypsy population of probably 10%. There are also Bulgarians, who are turkic influenced. In addition, Romanians are closer to mediteranean people (that's their name "Romans"). Med cultures all have less public order and less trust societies.
Hungary is ethnically very similar to Czech, Poles, Slovaks etc, who in turn are genetically and culturally very similar to Austrians and East Germans. Czechs are the "non-western" people most closely related to Germans.
As for catching up, I don't know, that is a difficult question to answer. There are economic explanations and cultural, ethnic explanations. I would think they could use some Germanic immigration, since Germanics get shit done. Keep in mind as much as 2 million Germans lived in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia previous to WW1. Germans have been in that region for 1000 years.
This also explains the success of various high performing areas in other Med countries, such as Northern Italy: Lombardy ~ Longo-Bards ~ Long Beards ~ Germanics. Similar to places like Catalonia and Galicia, with Visigoth heritage, which is also among the highest performing Spanish regions.
That's then my answer, bring in the Nords to impregnate the local women and generate business.