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The Law of Jante seems similar to the british concept of "don't get ideas above your station" which is the cultural expression of the class system which acts as a block on social mobility. In the UK, thanks the the billionaire-owned tabloid political agenda, we have: Ultra-rich (old money, luck, extreme talent/charisma)
Middle class (strivers, value creators, good people)
Working class (tyrannical majority of freeloaders)
Underclass (don't vote, who cares, lazy sub-human thieves) So in Scandinavia, it looks like this? Ultra-rich (old money, luck, extreme talent/charisma)
Upper middle class (strivers, value creators, good people)
Middle class (tyrannical majority of freeloaders, pretty bad people)
(not mentioned) - Working class (lazy don't vote, who cares, sub-human thieves?) As a middle class, socially immobile value creator myself, I feel your pain, but why does your anger seem directed mainly at those below you in the hierarchy? Without getting too Marxist about it, value creation is a function of the entire system, genius and value creation can't happen in isolation. Billionaires drive on roads built by unskilled labourers, hedge fund managers still need their toilets cleaned and computer hardware upgraded. Human underachievement in advanced economies is a tragedy, but there are systemic roadblocks, it's not just moral and cultural degeneracy by a grasping, entitled populist majority. |