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But how’s the politics? I grew up in a small town. There were untouchables constantly getting in trouble with no repercussions, and innocent youth getting cri

But how’s the politics? I grew up in a small town. There were untouchables constantly getting in trouble with no repercussions, and innocent youth getting criminal records for a one and only infraction. But I get ya. I long for the solitude of country life again, but am deeply grateful for the exposure to city and international opportunities. Sounds like you are, too. I would condemn the ignorance, but that makes me no better than the small town school of thought. I hope life is good enough to them to give exposure to things, people, concepts, ideas, and cultures outside their sphere of comfort. That’s the best I can do.

hestipod 7y ago
Yeah its deeply hypocritical in many ways. I just don't understand how it's so hard for so many to just be good to each other, to take care of each other. There is too much angry, tribal nonsense and way too much opposition to humane and decent things like robust social systems and equal rights. There is a strange "nobody should get anything I don't think they deserve" mentality that supercedes the "nobody should suffer needlessly" mentality I think matters more.
- hirundo 7y ago
  > ... I simply cannot understand If my parents had supported me indefinitely it would have extended my dependence and delayed my adulthood indefinitely. This is a moral hazard of too much welfare. You can agree that this hazard exists and still disagree about its relative danger and threshold. Your rural neighbors aren't moral monsters, they just have different risk assessments. I think a lot of that is due to a more independent rural childhood from an earlier age. It creates a greater appreciation for antifragility. A kid released into the wild at age 6 has a different estimate of their own capacity than one supervised until 12. They project that estimate onto everyone else.
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hestipod 7y ago

Yeah its deeply hypocritical in many ways. I just don't understand how it's so hard for so many to just be good to each other, to take care of each other. There is too much angry, tribal nonsense and way too much opposition to humane and decent things like robust social systems and equal rights. There is a strange "nobody should get anything I don't think they deserve" mentality that supercedes the "nobody should suffer needlessly" mentality I think matters more.

hirundo 7y ago
> ... I simply cannot understand If my parents had supported me indefinitely it would have extended my dependence and delayed my adulthood indefinitely. This is a moral hazard of too much welfare. You can agree that this hazard exists and still disagree about its relative danger and threshold. Your rural neighbors aren't moral monsters, they just have different risk assessments. I think a lot of that is due to a more independent rural childhood from an earlier age. It creates a greater appreciation for antifragility. A kid released into the wild at age 6 has a different estimate of their own capacity than one supervised until 12. They project that estimate onto everyone else.
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