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Tall Poppy Syndrome is not a cultural oddity. It's prevalent (but named differently) in Japan, Scandinavian countries, UK, Ireland, Germany, Canada, New Zealand
by starkfist 16y ago
Tall Poppy Syndrome is not a cultural oddity. It's prevalent (but named differently) in Japan, Scandinavian countries, UK, Ireland, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, economically depressed areas of the USA, most of the Midwest, and so on and so forth. I would wager that at least half of the world's cultures have the tendency to try to cut down the tall poppies...
- gordonguthrie 16y agoIts a line from Livy's history of Rome. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=24381 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=24381 An early King of Rome sent his son out as a spy pretending to have run away from the tyranny of his father. Rome's enemies promoted him to a senior position. When their spys told him that his father was cutting down the tall poppies, this was the signal that he should mount a coup against the leadership of the enemy towns - which he did and they all fell under Rome's control.
- timcederman 16y agoI wasn't saying that it was "odd" as in unique.