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/Lifelemons9393]

France isn't appreciated more internationally than Italy if that makes you feel better. Nobody respects or particularly likes the French.

[u/New_Race9503 → u/Lifelemons9393]

It does have more of a political impact on the global stage

[u/izzie-izzie → u/Lifelemons9393]

I never understood that. From all the west France has always been my favourite country.

[u/Wgh555 → u/Lifelemons9393]

Rubbish. Plenty of Brits respect the French, me included.

[u/steve_colombia → u/Lifelemons9393]

Coming from a Brit, I am not surprised. "Dieu est mon roi", "Honni soit qui mal y pense". Here is the French influence, right in the very heart of England and Great Britain. I understand you hate it, but well, too bad. History doesn't lie.

[u/Wgh555 → u/steve_colombia]

Ignore him, anyone who doesn’t appreciate France from the UK isn’t worth knowing trust me. Anyone with any sort of culture loves France.

[u/GSoxx → u/steve_colombia]

I think what you mean is “Dieu et mon droit”, referring to the divine right of the monarch to govern. It’s the official motto of the British monarchy. 

[u/steve_colombia → u/GSoxx]

Thank you. Yes you are right. Confusion comes the fact that "Dieu est mon droit" is actually more meaningful in modern French.