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> According to YouGov, as many as 50% of Dutch people feel proud of their past Empire That got a big "Oof" from me, considering some of the crap that the Dutch
by EdwardDiego 6y ago
> According to YouGov, as many as 50% of Dutch people feel proud of their past Empire
That got a big "Oof" from me, considering some of the crap that the Dutch pulled - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Is...
- raarts 6y agoBeing Dutch, I think this can be attributed more to the feeling of 'having been really big in the past' than what actually happened during that period. The Dutch, I mean, suffering from a Calimero complex as we are.
- robocat 6y agoThe term “Calimero complex” seems to be only used by the Dutch (and perhaps Belgians too) from my skim of search results. https://www.the-incredible-shrinking-man.net/?p=13281 https://www.the-incredible-shrinking-man.net/?p=13281
- raarts 6y agoOh I'm sorry, it basically means: "They are big and we are small and that's not fair" It originates from an italian cartoon tv-series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calimero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calimero