No. The Vikings never would have put up with this. This is inborn Scandinavian totalitarianism. Look up Jante's Law.
You're not to think you are anything special. You're not to think you are as good as we are. You're not to think you are smarter than we are. You're not to convince yourself that you are better than we are. You're not to think you know more than we do. You're not to think you are more important than we are. You're not to think you are good at anything. You're not to laugh at us. You're not to think anyone cares about you. You're not to think you can teach us anything.
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04/11/2014 10:51:20 AM PDT by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
No. The Vikings never would have put up with this. This is inborn Scandinavian totalitarianism. Look up Jante's Law.
From Wikipedia:
...is a code of conduct known in Nordic countries that portrays not conforming, doing things out of the ordinary, or being overtly personally ambitious as unworthy and inappropriate.
Used generally in colloquial speech in the Nordic countries as a sociological term to denote a condescending attitude towards individuality and personal success, the term refers to a mentality that denigrates individual achievement and places all emphasis on the collective.
It sounds sort of like Confucianism.