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While Ireland has some cash these days, it was a poor place until joining the EU. If you wanted to do well, you emigrated. This is still the case pretty much.
by ilikerashers 2y ago
While Ireland has some cash these days, it was a poor place until joining the EU. If you wanted to do well, you emigrated. This is still the case pretty much.
- CalRobert 2y agoCertainly, though I wonder if part of the mindset I encountered was a result of any surplus wealth being taken by the landowners for a good 800 years or so. If you don't get to enjoy the fruits of your labour, why try?
- disgruntledphd2 2y ago100%. Ireland is a post-colonial society in many respects. My generation are the first generation to be able to get a job in Ireland (and even then most of us can't afford a house). It takes time for culture like that to be worked through. See also, Irish people's opinions of our most successful export, Bono. (he's a dick btw, because of the tax dodging though, not because of his success).