The Jante Law

I attended to write a thread about Jante’s law ( Jantelov) for long time ago, but I didn’t have the time and I wanted to finish reading Aksel Sandemose’s novel “A Fugitive Crosses his Tracks” where he named and described this idea.

Although I've not finished it yet, I thought it would be okay to start writing now during this week before I get busy again with work and friends.

Janteloven is generally understood as a metaphor that epitomizes the negative values of group mentality. It has been interpreted as a set of laws that discourages individuality, individual achievement, novelty of thought and action, spontaneity, variety and competition.

And encourages instead sameness, insidious deceitfulness, jealousy and complacency.

The law of Jante (“Janteloven”) has 10 commandments:

• You shall not think that you are special.
• You shall not think that you are of the same standing as us.
• You shall not think that you are smarter than us.
• Don't fancy yourself as being better than us.
• You shall not think that you know more than us.
• You shall not think that you are more important than us.
• You shall not think that you are good at anything.
• You shall not laugh at us.
• You shall not think that anyone cares about you.
• You shall not think that you can teach us anything

I had philosophy class twice a week the last six months. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the philosophers we talked about. His criticism of Christianity waked a lot of questions up

All the religions encourage us to be humble, to work and help others. Accept and say to yourself there are things I can’t change. And we disgusted Jante’s law many time and how some people made sense of it by using the religion.

Back to Jante’s Law. You’ll always find a sort of this unwritten law wherever you’re. In real life or even on cyberspace. As long you’re a different person who tries to break out to better circumstances, you’ll face opposition.

Jante’s law is the common name for Tall poppy syndrome in Scandinavian

I may come back and write more about the book when I finish it

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Jeg er så led, det må jeg indrømme.

Min barndom veninde loggede på msn flere gange i de sidste par dage og forlade beskeder til mig, hvor hun spørger om hvornår jeg kan logge på så vi kan chatte sammen

Min var på men sat vis som offline, men alligevel svarede jeg ikke for jeg virkelig ikke gad at snakke med hende. Jeg føler at på en måde har jeg vokset fra hende

Hun sendte mig en søde besked i aftes. Jeg har dårlig samvittighed nu :(

Glemsom !

Jeg beslutede mig for at starte med at skrev en slags dagbog her for jeg må indrømme at jeg er ufattelig glemsom lige for tiden
Måske hjælper det mig , når jeg får brug for at forklare hvorfor jeg gør som jeg gør.

Efter jeg troede at tingene ikke kunne gå mere galt end de er nu, får jeg at vide at en lille engle flytter hjem to os... En plus de fire vi har i forvejen
Hvad skal jeg sige ... Jeg er vist kommet i himmlen