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Social contracts are indeed the prime example. But its not clear how we can use them effectively going forward as everything seems to be working against them. E
by nologic01 3y ago
Social contracts are indeed the prime example. But its not clear how we can use them effectively going forward as everything seems to be working against them. E.g., rapid social evolution, urbanization and migration creates strangers that only adhere to minimal common norms. There is also the ambiguous role of social media. While frequently accused of inducing toxicity and polarization, this may actually promote a new set of norms, except not universally shared...
- carlosjobim 3y agoThe solution is to become wise. People want to just follow rules on how what to do, but in interactions with other people there is no such thing. Learn about people, learn to read people, signs of who is not to be trusted, why they are saying what they are saying. Don't fall in to any web somebody has woven, no matter how much you yearn to let go of control. The last is the most important. Most people's highest desire is to shut off their mind and let somebody else take the reins, come what come will. Then they're scammed, exploited, enslaved, or sent off to die in a war. In the end, there's nothing new under the sun.
- licebmi__at__ 3y agoSeems like you’re addressing why social norma failed and people had to adopt legal systems.
- spiralx 3y agoWhat's happening is that all of these rapid changes have left people with whiplash and feeling dislocated from the institutions that make up the societies they live in and play a large part in the establishing of norms. And FPTP voting systems inherently lead to a two-party system which breeds polarisation and turns into arguments about differences instead of searching for solutions to systemic problems.