ivraatiems 4 days ago

Trust me: You don't. You'd go insane.

See for example everyone who has to live with an HOA.

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  • jeffreygoesto 4 days ago

    Classically underspecified, you are right. The care has to be about others and respecting them, not about oneself. Like in a good partnership. Care about giving, not taking.

    But as the article frustratedly states, it usually goes the other way. Like Jethro Tull progressing into desillusion from

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=luDfuZkeqKU

    to

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7SGq7jMdSU

    This planet is such a beautiful marble and all we do is trample it with our feet. Guys, make a random somebody smile today, will ya?

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  • liontwist 4 days ago

    Is that what caring about people in your community looks like? Or some kind of property value paranoia and sense of control.

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janislaw 4 days ago

Reading the original article I reflected: "I can totally see how this can happen, but for some reason it doesn't happen where I live"

I moved to Switzerland 9y ago. People care. I believe this is due to high trust society which evolved not that long ago from small, poor, tightly woven communities.

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andrewstuart 4 days ago

That's Japan.

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  • lazide 4 days ago

    Eh, Japan is mostly a place where everyone is afraid to not ‘be Japanese’. It can be quite stressful.

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