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The reference to "la serenissima" is simply ludicrous, yet I see more and more often such things (in other countries as well). When people are unhappy with the
by mk89 9y ago
The reference to "la serenissima" is simply ludicrous, yet I see more and more often such things (in other countries as well).
When people are unhappy with the present (for any possible reason, like being "just average", which is not necessarily a bad thing, among one of them), they look back to the past, to some "glorious times".
However, they only look at the most successful moment[s], they never wonder how things built up, how they got lost, etc. It's much easier, because this way you can blame it on someone else, instead of rolling up your sleeves and work to create a (more) decent environment.
- zakk 9y agoThis is incredibly offensive and ignorant. I am happy with my present, however I am surrounded by Venetian culture, everywhere around me, from my native Venetian language, to monuments in my city, from food and traditions to street names in the Venetian language. Everywhere around me speaks of my Venetian heritage. Venetian are hard-working people, after WW2 Veneto went from an underdeveloped, rural region to one of the richest regions in Italy, whose per-capita GDP compares with that of the richest German industrial districts. Still, people always felt deeply bound to their Serenissima roots. It’s not a matter of unhappiness or hard times, it’s a matter of a millennial history that pervades the whole region and cannot be denied.