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		V-2 on Sept 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most Danish voters oppose government plans to cut ... > One other point: what suits the Danes wouldn't necessarily suit the Brits or others. National characteristics are certainly different even we try sometimes to ignore this probably because it's tacitly interpreted as some hint of mild racism. Quite right... see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante

simongray on Sept 13, 2016 [–]

Or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

V-2 on Sept 15, 2016 | [–]

Just because something is called a syndrome doesn't mean it permeats a culture in which it was identified

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