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Something like "How to build a tag line so compelling that people will get it immediately," "Show everything a first timer needs to know on your front page," or "How to hit the reptilian brain in the first 10 seconds".

See, that's exactly something ArtLebedev and we Europeans object to in American business culture - do you REALLY need to get your "point" out immediately, does "hitting reptilian brain in 10 seconds" is really all that important? Maybe if you didn't need to brainwash us into business relationship in the first place, it wouldn't matter whether it took "immediately", 10 seconds or 10 minutes.




...we Europeans object to in American business culture...

Be thankful for being able to insult us Americans in English, because if it wasn't for us, you'd probably be doing it in German.

</stock response to any illogical European insult of the U.S.>


The allied victory was not a sole American effort. And the US would have had a hard time if the Germans were to take over Europe. It was in its own interests to get involved.


See, taking objective criticism as an insult and reacting strongly with a false sense of pride ("if it weren't for us in the WWII!!!"). Dealing with american here, no doubt about that.


And then there are Americans who agree with your point of substance - yet still don't think HNN is the right place to flame about nationalism.


Pointing out differences between national business cultures != nationalism.

Handwaving with WWII outcomes = nationalism.


"Dealing with american here, no doubt about that" = nationalism. I downvoted both of you, but not your first post, which I agreed with. My point was that I am also an American, yet capable of agreeing with you.


Sorry if that looks like nationalist to you, but it obviously doesn't look that way to whoever downvoted you. I'm definitely not pretending I know everything about americans or that you're all the same or that we can't agree on anything.

But bringing up scars of war is definitely not something we europeans like to engage in. Especially not as a response to criticism.


Well, yes - if I could have downvoted that one more, I would have. It was in incredibly poor taste.




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