These Europeans sound exactly like Americans.
Perhaps whining, blaming others and such, might be human nature.
Or are we less inclined to whine and blame others and it really is just a European phenomenon? Perhaps idiocy is merely European in nature? :o)
I have daily business contact with people all over Europe, and I don't find them to be particularly different from Americans. I would like to have advice and assistance in thinking of ways to talk to Europeans in order to encourage them to be more proactive and self-reliant in their lives; that is one of the primary reasons I have started reading and posting on Free Republic. We need to communicate our message to those who are in places where change is necessary.