Corporate Fascism - Danish Style

Philip Jones wrote an excellent article about Denmark:

Denmark is in reality a ruthless `Monopoly Dictatorship` deceivingly disguised as a caring modern democratic welfare state. It is a place where one has no opportunity for redress of grievance, and where neither the State nor the Corporations with which it it is effectively merged, feel any sense of accountability to the people. By the use of the most subtle and sophisticated methods of mass programming, it has co-opted a whole nation of people into a `Hive` mentality with the State functioning in the role of the `Queen Bee.`

Increasingly, Denmark resembles Aldous Huxley's ` Brave New World,` in which he describes the perfect totalitarian model of government thus:

“ A really efficient totalitarian state would be the one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.“ Aldous Huxley.

Much more at The Righteous Alliance

Misery Harbour

"Love and murder, murder and love.
These are the only things worth writing about"
Aksel Sandemose

The drama is adapted from the semi-autobiographical fiction "A refugee crosses his tracks" (En flyktning krysser sitt spor) (1933) of Danish-norwegian author Aksel Sandemose (1899-1965), the father of Janteloven. Misery Harbor (Flugten fra Jante) concerns Espen, an introverted young author in love with a young woman named Jenny. The storyline is fascinating, showing how Espen gets to learn that the norm from his hometown, Jante, basically saying that you aren't supposed to believe you are anything, exists in other places as well.

A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.

Misery Harbor is a Canadian and Norwegian co-production, must to be seen, to find out the Danish philosophy of life.

The Jante law

The Scandinavians are for sure a race of super humans with their long legs and social programs, but the vibe here is oppressive. The cornerstone of Scandinavian culture is Jantelov, or the codes of conformity. My impression is that what it really means is don’t stand out, don’t express yourself—don’t move your hands around and get passionate about anything or you’ll be shunned as an ugly duckling foreigner.

Janteloven

The Jante Law, one of Aksel Sandemose's more famous concepts, is developed in his novel En flyktning krysser sitt spor ("A refugee crosses his tracks") (1933), where he portrays his native town Nykøbing Mors as it was in the beginning of the 20th century.


Here they are, in danish, English and Norwegian.

1. Du skal ikke tro, du er noget.
   You shall not believe that you are somebody.
   Du skal ikke tro at du er noe.
   
2. Du skal ikke tro, at du er lige så meget som os.
   You shall not believe that you are as worthy as us.
   Du skal ikke tro at du er like mye verd som oss.
   
3. Du skal ikke tro, at du er klogere end os.
   You shall not believe that you are any wiser than us.
   Du skal ikke tro at du er klokere enn oss.
4. Du skal ikke bilde dig ind, at du er bedre end os.
   You shall not imagine that you are any better than us.
   Du skal ikke innbille deg at du er bedre enn oss.
5. Du skal ikke tro, at du ved mere end os.
   You shall not believe that you know anything more than us.
   Du skal ikke tro at du vet mer enn oss.
6. Du skal ikke tro, at du er mere end os.
   You shall not believe that you are more than us.
   Du skal ikke tro at du er mer enn oss.
7. Du skal ikke tro, at du duer til noget.
   You shall not believe that you are good at anything.
   Du skal ikke tro at du duger til noe.
8. Du skal ikke le ad os.
   You shall not laugh at us.
   Du skal ikke le av oss.
9. Du skal ikke tro, at nogen bryder sig om dig!
   You shall not believe that anyone cares about you!
   Du skal ikke tro at noen bryr seg om deg!
   
10. Du skal ikke tro, at du kan lære os noget!
    You shall not believe that you can teach us anything!
    Du skal ikke tro at du kan lære oss noe!

Aksel SANDEMOSE 1899—1965 (famous Danish writer)

This is the danish philosophy of life. When I read this I think danish people are arrogant and impolite. They believe they are the center of the universe and the rest of the world means nothing. Maybe I am wrong but this is what I feel.