<story><title>Why a Dutch court stopped high school students from swapping schools (2017)</title><url>https://medium.com/social-choice/why-a-dutch-court-stopped-high-school-students-from-exchanging-schools-1315303a48b6</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ardit33</author><text>&amp;quot;the superhero movie is a rather American genre&amp;quot; . - Lol&lt;p&gt;Sure, where did Zeus, Promethues, Thor, and countless of other &amp;#x27;gods&amp;#x2F;titans&amp;#x2F;demi-gods&amp;#x27; heroes come from?&lt;p&gt;Almost all, either European and non European countries have their Mythological beings, (either gods, super human heros, etc...).&lt;p&gt;The US is just good at creating commercial versions of them and  putting them in film, the but concept of &amp;#x27;an hero&amp;#x27; is as old as humanity itself.</text></item><item><author>dnautics</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s that Americans distrust elites who purport to make decisions on their behalf.  American are not objectivist hyperindividualists, they are social creatures that thrive on the narrative of the greater good (the superhero movie is a rather American genre).  But American history is littered with questionable judgements of the elites - tuskeegee syphilis experiments, internment of Japanese Americans, various middle East interventions, bailouts post 2008 crash, Vietnam war...  Etc.&lt;p&gt;The American &amp;quot;way&amp;quot; traditionally is that social justice is an individual responsibility.  You can see this residually in traditional volunteer fire departments and social clubs like knights and rotary which used to be mutual benefit clubs, providing for members in the event of sickness etc.</text></item><item><author>elygre</author><text>As a European exchange student, I took a sociology class as a senior in a US high school. Our teacher ran an experiment with &amp;quot;money&amp;quot;, where those with lots of &amp;quot;money&amp;quot; were allowed to change the rules for each round, creating an unfair playing ground favoring the rich.&lt;p&gt;I objected to the game and the rules, and did not want to play. After the game, in class, he commented that &amp;quot;Exchange students always object that the rules are unfair, while local students always accept that the rich get to set them.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Without even knowing where people are from, I sense a similar trend in this discussion: Europeans are more willing (trained and socialized) to sacrifice individual preferences in favor of the &amp;quot;greater good&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;(Your mileage will vary. Not exact science. Not science at all. Just a feeling.)&lt;p&gt;(Edit: Spelling)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nemothekid</author><text>&amp;gt;Sure, where did Zeus, Promethues, Thor, and countless of other &amp;#x27;gods&amp;#x2F;titans&amp;#x2F;demi-gods&amp;#x27; heroes come from?&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s odd that you would outright deny American culture influence on stories like Thor. Not to mention the countless other Superhero movies which are strictly American. Next,the value we place on our superheroes reflect American culture. I&amp;#x27;d be hard pressed to call the classical Greek stories of Zeus or Prometheus &amp;quot;superheroes&amp;quot;. Zeus wasn&amp;#x27;t exactly an upstanding role model.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why a Dutch court stopped high school students from swapping schools (2017)</title><url>https://medium.com/social-choice/why-a-dutch-court-stopped-high-school-students-from-exchanging-schools-1315303a48b6</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ardit33</author><text>&amp;quot;the superhero movie is a rather American genre&amp;quot; . - Lol&lt;p&gt;Sure, where did Zeus, Promethues, Thor, and countless of other &amp;#x27;gods&amp;#x2F;titans&amp;#x2F;demi-gods&amp;#x27; heroes come from?&lt;p&gt;Almost all, either European and non European countries have their Mythological beings, (either gods, super human heros, etc...).&lt;p&gt;The US is just good at creating commercial versions of them and  putting them in film, the but concept of &amp;#x27;an hero&amp;#x27; is as old as humanity itself.</text></item><item><author>dnautics</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s that Americans distrust elites who purport to make decisions on their behalf.  American are not objectivist hyperindividualists, they are social creatures that thrive on the narrative of the greater good (the superhero movie is a rather American genre).  But American history is littered with questionable judgements of the elites - tuskeegee syphilis experiments, internment of Japanese Americans, various middle East interventions, bailouts post 2008 crash, Vietnam war...  Etc.&lt;p&gt;The American &amp;quot;way&amp;quot; traditionally is that social justice is an individual responsibility.  You can see this residually in traditional volunteer fire departments and social clubs like knights and rotary which used to be mutual benefit clubs, providing for members in the event of sickness etc.</text></item><item><author>elygre</author><text>As a European exchange student, I took a sociology class as a senior in a US high school. Our teacher ran an experiment with &amp;quot;money&amp;quot;, where those with lots of &amp;quot;money&amp;quot; were allowed to change the rules for each round, creating an unfair playing ground favoring the rich.&lt;p&gt;I objected to the game and the rules, and did not want to play. After the game, in class, he commented that &amp;quot;Exchange students always object that the rules are unfair, while local students always accept that the rich get to set them.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Without even knowing where people are from, I sense a similar trend in this discussion: Europeans are more willing (trained and socialized) to sacrifice individual preferences in favor of the &amp;quot;greater good&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;(Your mileage will vary. Not exact science. Not science at all. Just a feeling.)&lt;p&gt;(Edit: Spelling)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nine_k</author><text>I suppose that the popularity of the superhero genre in comic books started with Superman, then continued with Captain America, and other indigenous characters.&lt;p&gt;Characters of the Norse pantheon is a much-much later addition.</text></comment>