Law of Jante

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Post by monort » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 2:47 PM UTC

Law of Jante
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Re: Law of Jante

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Post by ThomPete » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:11 PM UTC

As a Dane, this is what I grew up with. One of the reasons I love living in New York is that it's simply non-existent.

However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities where being the same is considered a virtue.

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #2

As a Dane, this is what I grew up with. One of the reasons I love living in New York is that it's simply non-existent. However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities where being the same is considered a virtue.

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Re: Law of Jante

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Post by diminish » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

How then in Sweden we have a startup boom?

Re: Law of Jante

#5

Post by pdog » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:29 PM UTC

You can condense the ten rules down to one:

1. You're not to think.

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by ThomPete » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:32 PM UTC

diminish wrote: post #4

How then in Sweden we have a startup boom?

Because it has nothing to do with the Jante Law. Those who succeed don't comply to it.

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by chc » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:35 PM UTC

pdog wrote: post #5

You can condense the ten rules down to one: 1. You're not to think.

I think "Be humble" would be a better one-line version. They're basically about not believing oneself superior to others.

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by paulddraper » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:41 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #2

As a Dane, this is what I grew up with. One of the reasons I love living in New York is that it's simply non-existent. However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities where being the same is considered a virtue.

> However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities

I live in a small community, and I think the opposite.

What voters vote for wealth redistribution? Mostly urban areas.

Where does Antifa corner someone with bad speech and beat them up? Urban areas.

Where does gang violence (epitome of contrived us vs. them) happen? Urban areas.

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by zeigotaro » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 4:54 PM UTC

paulddraper wrote: post #8

ThomPete wrote: post #2

As a Dane, this is what I grew up with. One of the reasons I love living in New York is that it's simply non-existent. However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities where being the same is considered a virtue.

> However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities I live in a small community, and I think the opposite. What voters vote for wealth redistribution? Mostly urban areas. Where does Antifa corner someone with bad speech and beat them up? Urban areas. Where does gang violence (epitome of contrived us vs. them) happen? Urban areas.

If those generalizations don't apply to your small community, fair enough. But what then makes it okay for you to state generalizations that don't apply to my urban area?

Re: Law of Jante

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 30, 2017, 5:06 PM UTC

zeigotaro wrote: post #9

paulddraper wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> However, I do think the Law of Jante exists in most small communities I live in a small community, and I think the opposite. What voters vote for wealth redistribution? Mostly urban areas. Where does Antifa corner someone with bad speech and beat them up? Urban areas. Where does gang violence (epitome of contrived us vs. them) happen? Urban areas.

If those generalizations don't apply to your small community, fair enough. But what then makes it okay for you to state generalizations that don't apply to my urban area?

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