> It is either true (and then it'd still true be even if you dislike it) or false (and then that's the important aspect), or maybe something in between that requires some clarifying.
Well first off I dont think anyone's going to come here and wave a scientific article proving or disproving the "laziness" of an entire race (Mediteranean Europeans), so there isnt really a true or false verdict.
"Something in between?" Ok let me expand on OP's "racist analysis." Humans dont think in complete logical arguments they use narratives that align with their understanding of the world. A particularly destructive narrative is one that whole peoples, whole countries, are doomed because of racial degeneracy. Economic growth as well as debt figures that align with that narrative feed it, but the narrative completely ignores historical factors, especially in this case that a group of technocrats came to every country in Europe promising some things that sounded great under a single currency, when in fact it killed the economies of the mediteranean countries which are based on high quality exports while setting the perfect environment for the rise of ikea et al. Now not only are the countries worse off economically than they were before, but they are said to be "culturally unfit" for the 21st century. The world is a complicated place, and simplistic narratives that historically align with something as destructive and ugly as racism should be examined before you say "so what"
The irony in the whole situation is that it was only a half dozen decades ago that much of the US was controlled by southern italian families! These two swede's vision for the future is basically a vanilla version of Sicily and Naples anyway. Government with no power while people network without oversight sounds great, except that its the very power vaccuum that allowed for the rise of Gomorrah, Cosa Nostra, the five american families, and mafias all over the world.
Well first off I dont think anyone's going to come here and wave a scientific article proving or disproving the "laziness" of an entire race (Mediteranean Europeans), so there isnt really a true or false verdict.
"Something in between?" Ok let me expand on OP's "racist analysis." Humans dont think in complete logical arguments they use narratives that align with their understanding of the world. A particularly destructive narrative is one that whole peoples, whole countries, are doomed because of racial degeneracy. Economic growth as well as debt figures that align with that narrative feed it, but the narrative completely ignores historical factors, especially in this case that a group of technocrats came to every country in Europe promising some things that sounded great under a single currency, when in fact it killed the economies of the mediteranean countries which are based on high quality exports while setting the perfect environment for the rise of ikea et al. Now not only are the countries worse off economically than they were before, but they are said to be "culturally unfit" for the 21st century. The world is a complicated place, and simplistic narratives that historically align with something as destructive and ugly as racism should be examined before you say "so what"
The irony in the whole situation is that it was only a half dozen decades ago that much of the US was controlled by southern italian families! These two swede's vision for the future is basically a vanilla version of Sicily and Naples anyway. Government with no power while people network without oversight sounds great, except that its the very power vaccuum that allowed for the rise of Gomorrah, Cosa Nostra, the five american families, and mafias all over the world.