The only way that makes sense is if they're referring to Lennart being German, but that's kind of a bullshit argument because SystemD was not some novel idea; launchd was around first and came from the American west coast.
After years of dealing with systemd, I've finally given up on it, and I'm back on openrc.
(Yes, I know I'm not answering your question, but I'm not up to the task... ;P)