Claverhouse
Royalist Freicorps Feldgendarme
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The basis of much of human judgement is Ressentiment, and that quality underlies every generous liberal impulse needed to create a healthy self-satisfied democratic community where even suspicion of believed superiority is derided and hated, and a happy imposed equality keeps everyone exactly the same.
This is partly Nordic, but although Latins may be prone to Fascismo and the cult of 'Our Great Man' --- locally or nationally --- even there the reverse is when the great men fall and the hidden impulses of jealous nature hold sway, giving in to rejoicing and turncoat rejection of the rejected giant.
Still, Nordic it remains, as evinced by the pure uncreativity and blandness of successful modern Scandinavia and Germany etc.; and apparently was set down in The Jante Law decades back. It applies to every type of community --- local or national --- from America to China though...
I'll copy it precisely from Wiki, since their sparse report cannot be abridged further...
The Jante Law (Danish and Norwegian: Janteloven; Swedish: Jantelagen; Finnish: Janten laki; Faroese: Jantulógin) is a concept created by the Norwegian/Danish author Aksel Sandemose in his novel A fugitive crosses his tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor, 1933, English translation published in the USA in 1936), where he portrays the small Danish town Jante, modelled upon his native town Nykøbing Mors as it was in the beginning of the 20th century, but typical of all very small towns, where nobody is anonymous.
It is used colloquially as a sociological term to describe an attitude towards individuality and success that is believed to be common in Scandinavia.
Definition
There are ten different rules in the law, but they are all variations on a single theme and are usually referred to as a homogeneous unit: Don't think you're anyone special or that you're better than us.
The ten rules are:
11. Don't think that there is something we don't know about you.
Claverhouse
This is partly Nordic, but although Latins may be prone to Fascismo and the cult of 'Our Great Man' --- locally or nationally --- even there the reverse is when the great men fall and the hidden impulses of jealous nature hold sway, giving in to rejoicing and turncoat rejection of the rejected giant.
Still, Nordic it remains, as evinced by the pure uncreativity and blandness of successful modern Scandinavia and Germany etc.; and apparently was set down in The Jante Law decades back. It applies to every type of community --- local or national --- from America to China though...
I'll copy it precisely from Wiki, since their sparse report cannot be abridged further...
The Jante Law (Danish and Norwegian: Janteloven; Swedish: Jantelagen; Finnish: Janten laki; Faroese: Jantulógin) is a concept created by the Norwegian/Danish author Aksel Sandemose in his novel A fugitive crosses his tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor, 1933, English translation published in the USA in 1936), where he portrays the small Danish town Jante, modelled upon his native town Nykøbing Mors as it was in the beginning of the 20th century, but typical of all very small towns, where nobody is anonymous.
It is used colloquially as a sociological term to describe an attitude towards individuality and success that is believed to be common in Scandinavia.
Definition
There are ten different rules in the law, but they are all variations on a single theme and are usually referred to as a homogeneous unit: Don't think you're anyone special or that you're better than us.
The ten rules are:
- Don't think that you are special.
- Don't think that you are of the same standing as us.
- Don't think that you are smarter than us.
- Don't fancy yourself as being better than us.
- Don't think that you know more than us.
- Don't think that you are more important than us.
- Don't think that you are good at anything.
- Don't laugh at us.
- Don't think that anyone of us cares about you.
- Don't think that you can teach us anything.
11. Don't think that there is something we don't know about you.
Claverhouse
