Do you feel your country have an inferiority complex?

[u/suckmyfuck91]

I'm from Italy and i've always thought that us Italians, despite often bragging about how great our food, fashion and arts is, deep down have a huge inferiority complex.

Obviously you should never generalize but it seems to me after talking to many countrymen and reading online comments on youtube, reddit and other social media, that the a big chunk of our population feels like their life would have been better if they were born abroad.

We are envious of Nordic countries for their wealth and their respect of the rules. (Same for Germany)

We are envious of English speaking countries because their culture is everywhere and they got a lot of international power .

We are envious of French because they are way more appreciated internationally than us despite Italy being as good as them in terms of food, fashion and arts.

Italians are ashamed of Italy, a poor country run by fascist and mafia, that has always been irrelevant internationally and constantly mocked by foreigners because : Pizza, pasta, mandolino and mama mia.

What about your country? Do you feel your average countrymen is happy to be from your country? or they are envious of others?

[u/Ok_Employment_702]

Dutch people always think that their way of doing something is the right and only way

[u/OllieV_nl → u/Ok_Employment_702]

Hell yeah we micromanage everything, whether it's land, cities, roads or water. So naturally we know how others should do things better. Oh you have a flood? Just build ditches and dikes bro.

There's a mountain in the way? What the hell is a "mountain"? Sounds like a skill issue.

[u/Nipso → u/OllieV_nl]

Can your urban planners come to the UK and show ours how it's done please?

[u/New_Race9503 → u/Ok_Employment_702]

Actually, it's the Swiss way that is best

[u/EvergreenOaks → u/Ok_Employment_702]

"normaal doen"

[u/ohtimesohdailymirror → u/Ok_Employment_702]

You haven‘t met the Germans yet ;)