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Privacy never existed. When everybody knew each other in a village, kids were under many eyes.
by webreac 5y ago
Privacy never existed. When everybody knew each other in a village, kids were under many eyes.
- okamiueru 5y agoIf you define privacy as to be "when watched", then, sure, we've never had privacy. But that I don't think that definition is accepted by many, and it'll lead to an unproductive discussion. The expectation of privacy has always been when traditionally not under the eyes of others. We've always had this in villages where kids sneak away from supervision.
- bmn__ 5y ago> Privacy never existed. False. Correct is: privacy as a concept already existed in the Ancient era. It is one of the younger human rights, it gained wide-spread adoption in society/culture and accompanying recognition in law about 200 to 100 years ago.
- ekianjo 5y agoeven in a village nobody knew what you were doing inside your home. lets not forget that.
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- bencollier49 5y agoWhat we're talking about now is different. It's non-privacy without community. Humans function properly in small tribal groups. If the person invading your privacy is a faceless bureaucrat, then you're much more likely to be misjudged. That's the problem.
- watwut 5y ago> Humans function properly in small tribal groups. If the person invading your privacy is a faceless bureaucrat, then you're much more likely to be misjudged. That's the problem. Small closed groups feature bullying or enable serious abusers fairly often. Misjudging kids or mistreating them, domestic violence, guys beating weaker guys were just fact of life in villages.