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Most of HN readers/writers are American, of course they won't do anything unless they personally profit off it, the entire culture is built around this mindset.
by embedding-shape 6mo ago
Most of HN readers/writers are American, of course they won't do anything unless they personally profit off it, the entire culture is built around this mindset. Meanwhile, Mullvad is Swedish, and we tend to assume we all want to help build a better world together. Mix the two, and you get this conversation :)
- trelane 6mo ago> Most of HN readers/writers are American, of course they won't do anything unless they personally profit off it, the entire culture is built around this mindset American culture is highly varied. For some this is true, for others this is wrong and highly insulting. Maybe try a narrower brush next time.
- mrpopo 6mo agoI think the "others" should open their eyes to the world around them, then.
- trelane 6mo ago> should open their eyes to the world around them Amazingly brazen assumption right there.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoIt's OK for the country to have a pervasive culture yet not every resident or citizen of the country to be a part of that culture, or even actively work against it. If you're not one of them matching that description, it shouldn't be insulting, as it's not about you in the first place. Maybe not everything is aimed towards you, especially if you don't feel like the description actually matches you :)
- WarmWash 6mo agoSweden, the entire country, has the population of New York City, and is about 3/4 the size of Texas.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoDon't forget about Sri Lanka, whose population is around 21 million.
- trelane 6mo agoThat is a lot of words for "my negative steroetypes about you and your country are fine, actually. Don't take it personally, bro. Maybe you're one of the few good ones!"
- retrochameleon 6mo agoI'm American. It's the pervasive culture. The brush doesn't need to be narrower.
- stavros 6mo agoEvery time someone makes a cultural comment here, the reply is always "America is a big country". America can be a big country and still have common cultural elements. It's not inaccurate to say that citizens of a large country mostly share some common characteristics. Those characteristics are what makes them one country.
- rafram 6mo agoI would hesitate to make generalizations like that about a country with a population 35x larger than yours. There’s no US monoculture.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoGreat, thanks for the tip. I'd hesitate assuming what country people live in :) Seems we all have something to learn from each other.
- rafram 6mo ago> Meanwhile, Mullvad is Swedish, and we tend to [...]
- embedding-shape 6mo agoSo what, suddenly Swedes can't live outside of Sweden? Kind of interesting to make complaints about generalizations and in the same comment falling for the same trap yourself.
- rafram 6mo agoCome on.
- embedding-shape 6mo agoAnnoying, isn't it?
- nickburns 6mo agoYou identified as Swedish, and then shifted the goal post to the country where you (apparently) currently reside. What's your point again? Something about all Americans whether they live in the US or not? Are you trying to be incoherent? Daft? Representative of all Swedes by origin?
- rpdillon 6mo agoMany Americans have contributed substantially to open source and free software over the past decades. What are you trying to say?
- Cytobit 6mo agoInteresting, I hadn't considered the bigot angle.