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You are right about the lack of diversity with respect to the economy and a general over inflated sense of importance. The second in particular is something I o
by ajeet_dhaliwal 8y ago
You are right about the lack of diversity with respect to the economy and a general over inflated sense of importance. The second in particular is something I only noticed after a long time spent living elsewhere, my friends that haven’t lived elsewhere don’t see it that way. The U.K. is headed to becoming a firmly middle sized economy over the long term but friends in London often act as though they’re almost the USA or almost China.
- adventured 8y agoIt is fascinating how cultures hang on to the past after losing their place. The Greeks and Italians still seem to frequently do it today, finding national self-esteem in their epic histories. The Spanish a lot less so. It prompts me to consider what separates cultures that reboot and seek a new greatness even while having a strong history (eg China), and cultures that continue to perpetually drift on a former glory (eg Greece). China of course had the 'benefit' of hitting a particular low to reboot from (Mao era), with an extraordinary amount of space above to fill-in (a billion people to put to work starting from sub $200 GDP per capita in 1980).