[mmarq]

I don’t live in Germany and, of course, Italy and Spain are poor compared to Sweden or Germany, not in general.

[yrgulation]

So if all of these countries are not poor in general then why this poverty fetishism? Why the constant “i am richer than you” in europe when all of europe is sinking?

[inglor_cz]

People naturally compare themselves to their neighbors. This isn't anything out of the ordinary, it is just human nature.