01-29-2011, 11:13 AM
(01-29-2011, 12:11 AM)turtledude23 Wrote: Why? I think temperature might have something to do with it. Very selfish people would probably prefer to live in a warmer country.
not quite. britain, north america are not particularly warm countries, neither russia too, however quite strong negative power centers h ave come into being in these places.
Quote:My friend's theory is that in cold countries people had to work harder in order to survive, my addendum to this would be that working hard would create real benefit to a society (as apposed to fake wealth created by financial games) and would keep one more focused on the more real parts of life like harmonious social interactions and time for contemplation. Your thoughts?
that also may be a factor, however as said, cold cant be a particular factor. winters in russia are quite hard too, and sustenance is maybe at times harder than scandinavian peninsula ( you only have endless plains to live on, no fishing), but russian plains have been autocratic for thousands of years into known history.
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racial memory, behavior patterns play quite a strong role as far as i see i t.
see, historically the center scandinavian culture spreads from has been in between copenhagen - uppsala (in sweden).
this race has quite particular characteristics compared to other races on the planet, firstly the blond bodily hair. it is as strong as the facial features of asians, africans. from whence these differences come, i dont know. however, i think that they are following various planetary influences in regard to their incarnates.
in the places where this culture has mixed with other cultures, results have been different from the homeland. for example, in russian steppes, mixing of scandinavian immigrants with various tribes living there (and horse people) had resulted in what we know as russians. in germany, a good deal of influence and mixing with central europeans came to become germans. in britain, a good deal of mixing with post-roman population became english. since there are (and have been) exploitative autocratic cultures in these places through history, we can say that a lot hinges on cultural influence.
however notably, all of these cultures have been infringed upon cultural streams from middle east. (orthodox christianity, catholic christianity).
i mentioned in a thread earlier - when catholicism came to scandinavia, it didnt take hold too well. the people remained free as before, women were not suppressed as in other places, and even the feudal serfdom that it carried around with itself has never took hold in those places. when it was abolished in early 1800s, it was not as if it was there at all.
im quite thinking that whatever is happening there is due to planetary influence that these entities source from.
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in addition, the long standing socialist (social democrat) governance in those countries, have enforced the culture of equality rather than dog eat dog competition and self-orientation.