Why are Germans obsessive rule-followers?

I will take that over the hordes invading Western countries that follow no rules.

My dad was in the Navy, went to Japan in the 70s, but he knew lots of people. One guy had recently been to Germany. He described how they sat in a theater as the show time drew near. They filled up each seat in strict order by rows, not skipping

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They still have principles, its not obsessive

A challenge, years ago, with my now-late German girlfriend was dealing with her being suspicious of my rule following and focus on structure. "No American behaves this way. And you have no German heritage!" "Baby, the borderline autistic ones do! We are almost like Germans!" "That is not funny." -- unblinking blue eyed German look here "Yes it is very funny!" Relationships are a process ...

Because they know what happens without rules. Society is an agreement

They were only following orders

They are 🤣 we always joke about that to our German friends.

Ich verstehe nicht

Comes from living for centuries in a very harsh climate. If you didn’t follow the rules, you died.