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In reply to the discussion: Are You Dumber than an American? [View all]ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)It has come to my attention that DU has established a fetish for posting America bashing articles of European origin, implying more or less that we need to be more like them, whoever 'them' may be at the moment.
Most of these articles are snooty nationalistic pap along the lines of "all Americans are fat, lazy, and stupid and we must resist their social corruptions", which is just plain old intellectual laziness. This article linked is precisely that. A call to remind everyone to resist this American siren song of commercialization, and to be more traditionally Swedish. The article implies a certain superiority of Swedish culture without offering anything other than a vague sense of national pride as its support.
Please, to all who may read this, please stop reposting this nonsense. This is so brazenly stupid an article that even we dullard Americans are having our miniscule intellectual capacity insulted by it.