I saw a handfull of posts by US Americans, detecting backward-ness in Germany's and/or Europe's lack of air conditioning in homes.
They explained it with an alleged fear of technology.

Well, Germany's southernmost latitude in the Alpes(!), is about on the US border to Canada. Range from 47°N to 54°N.
Extreme warm temperatures simply weren't the rule here, before 2018, except for areas in the far South-West.
I grew up on 51°N = Calgary, Canada, in a 2-storey terrace house built 1961 with double glazing, outside blinds, and cellar. We never had hot summers but long, cold winters galore. A ski lift just up the hill.

The US are more like Southern Europe, L.A. or Texas are Northern Africa...

So why do Southern European homes not have AC (yet)?
People in these old-world latitudes had thousands of years of experience with high temperatures and built their houses, villages, cities accordingly.
Thick walls for proper insulation, outside blinds, narrow alleys and backyards keep out the midday sun, awnings across streets or alleys, arch ways along city blocks for shopping streets and the like.

The comparison to US suburbia with thin-walled, low-quality houses makes it clear why some sort of cooling seemed "necessary" already in the cooler past.
And living "in Northern Africa" – without heat-adapted building codes? 🤷🏽‍♀️

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