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It is noteworthy that this is a German source and German culture is by default pessimism and malaise.

As per info on the site, author is not German and does not live in Germany (Russian living in Poland). Apparently, his name however is "German".

That would be more of a Russian worldview

German culture is more or a romanticist "Sturm und Drang" kind

German culture is more about extreme anal attention to details and correcting others than Young Werther! In other words Prussia won, not Weimar.