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I concur with your assessment, and I'll add one additional thing to that assessment, most of these incredibly poor countries are religious and use the church as
by tristor 4y ago
I concur with your assessment, and I'll add one additional thing to that assessment, most of these incredibly poor countries are religious and use the church as a community third-space. I believe San Francisco has replaced it's reverence for God with reverence for meaningless politics, and there is no third-place for the community. These may not be the causative factors, but certainly they speak to some differences that may affect the outcomes.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI don't think that religion is the only source of self respect, but do agree that the loss of community 3rd spaces with community values is a big part part of it. This shift is not confined to religion, but can be seen in almost every non-digital community that exists. They left a vacuum which was filled by anger, jealousy, narcissism, entitlement, and even more consumerism than before.