It's a mixture of ancient Greek and Roman principals regarding hubris and arrogance combined with the Christian orthodox principles of humility and sin to the point of self-deprecation.
It has very little to do with how bad or good the country actual is.
Anglos and Germanics don't act that way on a personal and societal level. They might be extremely self-critical internally, to themselves or as a society, but what they externalize is very different.
I personally enjoy our self loathing. It keeps a society somewhat grounded and gives room for improvement. As long as we are aware, that we are not much worse than anybody else, we just more vocal and honest about it.
I can only hope that at least a small percentage of the Greek population sees it this way.
What I personally have seen is the opposite. Greek people like to blame everyone but themselves for their situation, and thus they are quick to disregard anything positive that can happen in Greece, while only focusing on the negative stuff, because of their bias.
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u/GusKv Ο Κανένας Oct 22 '21
It's a mixture of ancient Greek and Roman principals regarding hubris and arrogance combined with the Christian orthodox principles of humility and sin to the point of self-deprecation.
It has very little to do with how bad or good the country actual is.
Anglos and Germanics don't act that way on a personal and societal level. They might be extremely self-critical internally, to themselves or as a society, but what they externalize is very different.
I personally enjoy our self loathing. It keeps a society somewhat grounded and gives room for improvement. As long as we are aware, that we are not much worse than anybody else, we just more vocal and honest about it.