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There is no concept of 'society' and 'community' in the country. As long as things are good there is no problem, but when things start falling apart you need ro
by throw2016 9y ago
There is no concept of 'society' and 'community' in the country. As long as things are good there is no problem, but when things start falling apart you need robust social and community structures and these simply don't exist.
Because people who are down need more than just tokenism, they need real human structures that can provide psychological human support, that sense of family, and then social and community structures that show the society is human and has empathy for its fellow members to get them back on their feet.
People who are wealthy already have this. People who are not need to think about down times, not just for themselves, but their family, friends, community and children down the line. If everyone thinks they are strictly individuals on the verge of becoming rich and these silly things don't matter you are going to have serious social problems.
- sjg007 9y agoThere are definitely communities organized around churches, mosques and synagogues. I think one problem we have is that we expect faith based organizations to pick up the slack instead of the government. That was a big agenda in W’s administration. Here’s the issue, everyone is broke except the rich. Some of them don’t want to pay their fair share in taxes. Politicians are easily bought.