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Individualistic spirit my butt. Americans aren't a special and unique snowflake. Every country's system is largely an accident of history.

• iamelgringo 17y ago
  Please, don't make comments like that. This is hacker news: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • biohacker42 17y ago
    Oh geez what was it, the "my butt"? I was too lazy to find more a classy way to call BS on a sweeping generalization that makes it sound like Americans have some special individuality gene, while the Dutch are all genetically predisposed to socialism. Pardon my French, but if you don't like it vote me down.
    • Nwallins 17y ago
      > makes it sound like Americans have some special individuality gene, while the Dutch are all genetically predisposed to socialism. It's called culture -- not genetics. Would you agree that there are several important distinctions between Dutch and American culture?
      • biohacker42 17y ago
        Yes, but not in that way. Let me put it this way, if you have the choice between breaking laws and breaking customs, always choose laws. I see the biggest differences between the US and Holland as legal. Lets not forget that Holland basically invented modern capitalism and the US has many programs much more socialist then their equivalents in the so called social states of Europe.
    • endtime 17y ago
      It wasn't the language, it was that your comment was not thoughtful, interesting, intelligent, or even justified.