“…And yet, despite their contributions to civilization, when you visit Portugal for the first time you might be impressed by the overtly critical tone of the Portuguese about themselves and their country. They seem to be constantly complaining, criticizing and protesting against their own fellow citizens and government. They never seem confortable with their country, as they consider it one of the most backward in the World.
The intellectuals, in particular, seem to rejoice in despising their own traditions, and are always fascinated with what comes from abroad, whatever it may be. The Portuguese seem permanently eager for change - reformas, desenvolvimento, modernização -, as they call it. Yet, if you try to suggest them to do things differently, they pause for a moment, and rapidly find an excuse to keep doing things as they ever did.”
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