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In normal countries you have a strong civil society & consumer associations that have the teeth to bite these scammers.
by nerbert 8y ago
In normal countries you have a strong civil society & consumer associations that have the teeth to bite these scammers.
- ekianjo 8y agoAnd more importantly, strong entrepreneurship so you have many companies offering similar products, so that you can decide to "punish" with your wallet the companies that deceive you. It goes hand in hand.
- taurath 8y agoThat works for sugar water companies but private security not so much, unless you have a very very large wallet.
- ves 8y ago“normal” might be a strong word when the society in question is the largest single one on the planet. That’s not to say I agree with, or want to normalize, the Chinese government’s actions, though.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhere are these "normal" countries? The kind of scams GP mentions are rife here in the UK and from what I hear the story is the same pretty much everywhere.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoYou can drink your milk in relative safety.
- netsharc 8y agoI won't agree with the "normal countries", but I wonder at what point does a society become uncivil? Obviously in a tribal village in the past you know who lived in the hut next door and it was like a big family who trusted each other (food was shared, mothers would take care of each others' kids). Maybe it's related to the Dunbar number?
- agent008t 8y agoFrom an outside perspective, Japan still seems extremely civil despite being very densely populated. I have never felt safer anywhere else as a visitor. I suspect a near-ubiquitous level of high homogeneous culture is a big factor.
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- umanwizard 8y agoIf by "normal" you mean a society with highly developed rule of law, institutional maturity, low corruption, etc., then I think you are talking about a small minority of countries.