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Janteloven (Jante's law) of Denmark is rather similar. [0]

Also, doesn't English have the expression "Tall poppy syndrome"?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante

Yeah, the premise that the concept of societal consequences for acting out or against the status quo is so alien to Western culture that Americans literally can't comprehend it is absurd.

Also see "don't stick your neck out," "the squeaky wheel gets replaced," "don't rock the boat," "speech is silver, silence is golden", "shit rolls downhill", several Biblical proverbs and some Shakespeare.

It’s funny because in Canada/US the saying is: “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”

I’ve never ever seen “replaced” being used instead of “grease”.

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