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The Law of Jante (2015)
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- soupspaces 1mo agoEarlier discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15373068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15373068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36039366 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36039366
- brudgers 1mo agoNotably of the law and not the article.
- oliculipolicula 1mo ago>[royal family is exempt] They don't return to this because it's from a book.. But lemme guess, it's because the royals are an impersonal institution? Like ABBA. (If you wonder how the Swedes can square jantelagen and their fascination with US-style star power..) Jante* is for individuals Related historical question to ponder is why the political position of peasants in Scania were largely unchanged post-Reformation (ie after the Counts Feud) as compared to their cousins in the South.