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> needed to rely on one another You would expect that to result in much more elaborate social rituals
by buboard 8y ago
> needed to rely on one another
You would expect that to result in much more elaborate social rituals
- eesmith 8y agoAs I understand it, Denmark and Sweden (and perhaps the other Nordic countries?) used to have more elaborate social rituals until relatively recently. Eg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du-reformen . I seem to recall that people could also referred by their job title, eg, "Mr. Programmer", and even listed in the phone book that way. But I can't verify that.
- vidarh 8y agoSocial rituals have a cost. Nordic social rituals are there, but they are terse and focused around seeing certain behaviours as a duty. Look to more austere religious groups, and consider most of the Nordic countries were very much firmly Lutheran and largely saw "elaborate social rituals" as excess.