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Re:The world's most toxic value system (2001) by QAPereo on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:05AM (#15797347)
Ah those famous “individual choices” which are perfectly spherical, and in a vacuum. /s
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Re:The world's most toxic value system (2001) by flukus on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @12:54AM (#15804913)
I think you missed the point, Scandinavian countries are closer to that perfect sphere in a vacuum, they are much more free of external pressures than those in poorer countries. They make their choices on what will make them happiest and not on some harsh economic realities.
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Re:The world's most toxic value system (2001) by QAPereo on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:31AM (#15806564)
...by eschewing individuality, being small and having the luck to have petro money. How is that “free from influence” when you’re talking about the people who invented Jante law?!
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Re:The world's most toxic value system (2001) by Chris2048 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:43PM (#15799473)
Are you saying those choices are influenced?
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Re:The world's most toxic value system (2001) by QAPereo on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:14PM (#15800392)
I’m saying they’re not made in the ideal case, free from external pressure, influence, and so on.
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