Journal: Our past made us pessimists

I read an article last Sunday on a local nwespaper of my city which really caught my attention. It told about the pessimist attitude that many people in Argentina have which leads them to be complainning all the time. People complain about the weather, about the lack of money, and about whatever they can, without being able to confront all this insatisfaction and without succeding in chaging their point of view about life.
It surprised me a lot that appart from psychologists and sociologist, this is also the opinion of foreign people about Argentinians. They really believe that we are pessimists. At the same time, I felt relaxed because I consider my self quite pessimist and I used to think about my self as a fish out of the water. But now I know, that this pessimist attitude seems to be a characteristic of the whole society wich I belong to.
There's a psychologist who puts emphasis on the origins of this attitude which for her is related to the history of our country. She explains that a complete social class was obliged to remain in silence during the times of the military government. And after it, when all that people could have started to express themselves, this was done with lots of difficulties, which were a consequence of the fear that was still being part of our culture. This woman, compared Argentina with other LatinAmerican countries in which the the militar regimen has also ruled. The fact is that only in Argentina, the reaction against it, has arrived with high dosages of mellancolly.
Before the represion, there was in our country a hard working middle class wich was beaten hardly. And the effects generated by the idea of lose, which the represion caused, was bigger here than in other countries. We had known a moment of cultural and intelectual splendour, and then, we saw our society devastated. And, beside the passing of time, the acceptance of what happened, has not yet completely arrived...
The proposal of who wrote the article is that we should find the way to transform our pessimist attitude and complaints into positive attitudes towards the future. We should take another position in front of our lives and think positively in the possibility of better times. This seems to be the first change that is needed in order to really get to a better future.