A similar interpretation was made of that photo in Europe these four years, now we have understood that it represents something different.

In the photo there are people who do not want more democracy (stop the count they shouted) and now we see that they are the majority, they were in 2016 and in 2020 only the shock of covid made them not be. The US population no longer wants democracy and this photo represents them.

No, they don’t deserve it—that’s the point. No population deserves to be treated that way as a whole. Politicians and the powerful, in general, will make you see others in whatever way suits them, whenever it suits them. Fifteen years ago, from the South, we tried to explain it in many ways, but back then, it seemed like the German population fell for their establishment’s trap (I suppose there would be all kinds of people, but at least a part of them did fall for it). Now, in the South, we know that’s all nonsense, and we don’t buy into it, even if at specific moments we say, ‘See? What you said about me can also be applied to you.’

The Germans lazy? No one would say that, at least for all the Germans. A little less flexible to improvise than in the south and throwing arrogants about the quality of their work, but nobody would say lazy

How is it possible that an article so crudely mixes illness with laziness? On the other hand, if Germany hadn’t taken such an arrogant attitude during the 2008 financial crisis, labeling all of Southern Europe as lazy and incompetent based on statistics like this, this news wouldn’t feel so satisfying.

I don’t believe that revenge will get us anywhere, but I can’t help but crack a slight smile while reading it.

Oh my God. I think the Italian flag confused me (why the hell are there so many flags that are so similar to each other??)

P.S. Cyprus and Malta are also missing, but their four inhabitants were busy that day