Our national psyche
Did you know argentines have a world wide reputation for being spoiled, stuck up and egotistical? People from other countries see us as folks that prettend to be what we are not and this what makes as a laughing stock.Well, for those who live in the capital it is a little true, but most argentines simply don´t fill this profile, specially people who live in rural areas. In fact, their attitudes can be very modest. Our country has a shocking 50% of the total population considered to be living in poverty and that causes families to be very close with two or three generations living in the same roof. Sundays are often reserved for family to share the tradditional "asados". Appart from that, we are well known for those little cheek kisses that are uncommon in other countries.
We look very proud of our country and this is maybe because we have a rich sceney, culture and natural resources. Bs As is a gorgeous city full of history and life. So, why wouldn´t we be proud of it? Perhaps what they see as a superior attitude is that we really love our country. We are very passionate when we enjoy of what we like to do like football, tango, going out with friends etc. Maybe that passion lead us to make some comments like "maradona is god" and this helps to get our reputation.
I think that loving our country is not a bad thing at all. The real problem would be if we thought that everybody is better than us. Argentine has a very bad government and the economic situation is not good at all, in concequence we have plenty of social problems. And the fact that despite all these problems we still love our country is what makes us different from the rest of the world.
