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In my experience it's a cultural thing in the Balkans to assume everyone else is out to get you, and to complain about the government. It might even be a Russi
by foobarian 10y ago
In my experience it's a cultural thing in the Balkans to assume everyone else is out to get you, and to complain about the government. It might even be a Russian/Slavic thing, but I'm less sure about that. Anyway I don't find the colorful rationalizations odd at all.
- smsm42 10y ago"They're out to get me" mentality is definitely a thing for some people from ex-USSR, and so is a complaint about "locals hate us" - I've witnessed it in several countries. Not all people, far from it, but males middle-age, not finding the best employment and not culturally integrated - definitely happens. OTOH, I have a very skewed sample - I've met much more people from ex-USSR than from any other place, so such complaints very well may be a common human thing but because I've met more ex-USSR people I've seen it more among them. Complaining about the government in general is definitely a thing everywhere I've been so far :) Haven't been to North Korea though.