There are still too many people in Italy who cannot stand those who succeed on merit.
Simply because he is clearly better than others.
Although they recognize his abilities, they always look for any excuse to belittle him.
For example, they misinterpret everything he does or says.
To broaden the discourse, the problem is that the vast majority of Italians do not like the success of others.
This is a phenomenon that has become more pronounced over the years.
In general, the average Italian tends to be very suspicious of those who are “winners”.
This attitude, moreover, seems to become more widespread as the years go by.
It is an unhealthy attitude that today is increasingly macroscopic and exaggerated.
It dislikes the self-made entrepreneur, the talented singer or actor, the winning athlete.
This unhealthy attitude is also manifested in everyday life.
He does not like the one who is at the top of the class, the one who can do his job well, the one who is most charming.
Antipathy, suspicion, speculation.
Above all, diatribes.
And the justifications of those who “didn’t make it”.
Often these justifications sound like alibis for one’s defeats.
Or at least one’s “non-wins”.
But it is nothing more than the most human of feelings.
Envy.
This is why so many good (and sometimes even excellent) ideas and projects end up going nowhere.
Because of the widespread (obviously Marxist) mentality of envying what good things others are doing.
And then wanting to destroy it by denigrating it.
This attitude is now widespread in all fields.
There is always a tendency to level everything down, as was done in the Soviet Union.
As soon as someone does something good, he is marginalized and first destroyed and then ridiculed.
Italy has become the country that hates and destroys excellence.
Just think back to the 1980s, what we had and, above all, who we were : industrial excellence, the vanguard of Olivetti, the first chemical center in the world, Montedison, Made in Italy as a winning brand, the health enjoyed by companies such as Enel, SIP/Telecom, the first automotive sector in Europe.
What remains of all this ?
Nothing.
So is it still worth investing in Italy ?
Absolutely not.
On the other hand, envy goes hand in hand with unhealthy hypercompetition.
It manifests itself when one can no longer recognize the value of the work of others.
It is usually triggered when there is a lack of core values in society and a belief that everything can be achieved through bribery and trickery.
In other words, when meritocracy is completely absent.
