I am Spanish and I see exactly the same thing here. How it's okay for Germany to rule over us because locals are so convinced our own country and its citizens are inferior. It's so sad, especially since it ends as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Because that's how we've agreed to organize. Economies of scale. The difference between Spaniards and Germans is smaller than you might expect.
Isn't that the point? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_difference...