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> Superiority complex Ironic, I’ve met the exact same mindset from the vast majority of Euros, including this post. Even between other Euro countries. Perhaps,

> Superiority complex Ironic, I’ve met the exact same mindset from the vast majority of Euros, including this post. Even between other Euro countries. Perhaps, instead of being a so-called “American mindset”, it’s simply a “human mindset” and we all view others outside of our borders as beneath us. It would certainly explain the last few millennia now wouldn’t it?

cm2012 3y ago
Europeans love to compare their upper class of college educated people to poor uneducated people in the USA. They lord over their superiority to people of Walmart.
mejutoco 3y ago
> it’s simply a “human mindset” and we all view others outside of our borders as beneath us I am sad to read this stated as common knowledge, especially in a forum that promotes curiosity. It is not true in my opinion, and should not be normalized. I am not taking sides in "Euros" or people from US or anything like that, because there are competent people everywhere, but this is not a "human mindset". It has a more fitting name: ignorance. I am not saying you are ignorant (you are just expressing a supposedly common view), but people who think they are above foreigners (no matter which specific country we take as reference) are. In the last few millennia humans have progressed a lot thanks to cross-pollination of many origins: Greek thought, Italian, Arab, British, American, just to name a few. Suffice to say, I do not share this jaded view of the world.
hinata08 3y ago
>and we all view others outside of our borders as beneath us I thought the idom was "the grass is (always) greener (on the other side)" Brain drain and mass emigration are a thing in so many places ! In Hungary, this was a factor in Orban being elected to make the country better again for the youth. In Romania, this caused domestic wages to increase, as so many workers were outposted. In France, the political and social climate is so toxic that Québec is seen as the getaway to finally enjoy a simple life. Ukraine is literally at war and being wiped out. I don't think they're having a nice time being smug. UK is having a hungover from 2016 and Brexit. Euros don't like the USA for some reason. But it's pretty much the only country that is seen as beneath us. (With UK maybe) The USA is still an ally, btw. But some trust deserves to be earned back. Especially on social (are we still welcome after Trump? are women and transgenders still humans who have rights ? Is it a crime to kill people who walk suspiciously through the town and don't look like they have a MAGA cap ? Or good policing ?) and economic issues (is the USA still investing in Europe, or is it just FCPA-ing corporations to buy them for cheap and shut them down ?) As a reminder, a former worker from the Ford factory in Blanquefort ran at the previous presidential election, in here. And the law allowing abortion was just turned into a constitutional right, in a rare transpartisan move to avoid the US situation in the future.
- rozenmd 3y ago
  > In France, the political and social climate is so toxic that Québec is seen as the getaway to finally enjoy a simple life Living in France for the last two years, I don't think I've even heard someone mention Canada's existence - things are fantastic here, relatively speaking.
  - badpun 3y ago
    Isn't there currently an ongoing, large scale, multi-year, violent social protest going on in France? At least some portion of the people must be pretty unhappy about the state of things.

cm2012 3y ago

Europeans love to compare their upper class of college educated people to poor uneducated people in the USA. They lord over their superiority to people of Walmart.

mejutoco 3y ago

> it’s simply a “human mindset” and we all view others outside of our borders as beneath us I am sad to read this stated as common knowledge, especially in a forum that promotes curiosity. It is not true in my opinion, and should not be normalized. I am not taking sides in "Euros" or people from US or anything like that, because there are competent people everywhere, but this is not a "human mindset". It has a more fitting name: ignorance. I am not saying you are ignorant (you are just expressing a supposedly common view), but people who think they are above foreigners (no matter which specific country we take as reference) are. In the last few millennia humans have progressed a lot thanks to cross-pollination of many origins: Greek thought, Italian, Arab, British, American, just to name a few. Suffice to say, I do not share this jaded view of the world.

hinata08 3y ago

>and we all view others outside of our borders as beneath us I thought the idom was "the grass is (always) greener (on the other side)" Brain drain and mass emigration are a thing in so many places ! In Hungary, this was a factor in Orban being elected to make the country better again for the youth. In Romania, this caused domestic wages to increase, as so many workers were outposted. In France, the political and social climate is so toxic that Québec is seen as the getaway to finally enjoy a simple life. Ukraine is literally at war and being wiped out. I don't think they're having a nice time being smug. UK is having a hungover from 2016 and Brexit. Euros don't like the USA for some reason. But it's pretty much the only country that is seen as beneath us. (With UK maybe) The USA is still an ally, btw. But some trust deserves to be earned back. Especially on social (are we still welcome after Trump? are women and transgenders still humans who have rights ? Is it a crime to kill people who walk suspiciously through the town and don't look like they have a MAGA cap ? Or good policing ?) and economic issues (is the USA still investing in Europe, or is it just FCPA-ing corporations to buy them for cheap and shut them down ?) As a reminder, a former worker from the Ford factory in Blanquefort ran at the previous presidential election, in here. And the law allowing abortion was just turned into a constitutional right, in a rare transpartisan move to avoid the US situation in the future.

rozenmd 3y ago
> In France, the political and social climate is so toxic that Québec is seen as the getaway to finally enjoy a simple life Living in France for the last two years, I don't think I've even heard someone mention Canada's existence - things are fantastic here, relatively speaking.
- badpun 3y ago
  Isn't there currently an ongoing, large scale, multi-year, violent social protest going on in France? At least some portion of the people must be pretty unhappy about the state of things.