The erosion of a shared German culture for decades leaves us with the result of having no national identity. Make no mistake, I'm not alluding to purism of the natives one bit. On the contrary, I would love for immigrants to be proud to be part of Germany.

In the US, immigrants make a point of showing their patriotism by immersing themselves into American culture. We don't have a similar cultural phenomenon in Germany.

> consider Germany only as a source of welfare to extract and transfer elsewhere

You would be surprised how many natives share this viewpoint. This can only work for so long before something collapses...