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It’s interesting how we (as a culture) tolerate people who have broken the social contract. As Americans we’ve really let the bottom fall out. They’re so far aw
by lapphi 3y ago
It’s interesting how we (as a culture) tolerate people who have broken the social contract. As Americans we’ve really let the bottom fall out. They’re so far away from society they do not care anymore about norms. And we do not care to do anything except let them exist in our spaces to the detriment of the public.
- anotherhue 3y agoThe costs they create far outweigh whatever a programme to help them would cost. We're literally giving up on social activities and safety and trust because we're not willing to meaningfully address the down and outs.
- DANmode 3y agoIt's a "problem" of a nonhomogeneous populous: the wide range in definition of what maintains the social contract. For some, if they in particular aren't disturbed from their AirPods, murder or other crime is a-ok. For others, if you wear the wrong ratty clothes into the library, you're breaking the social contract.
- TimedToasts 3y ago> For others, if you wear the wrong ratty clothes into the library, you're breaking the social contract. This is a very bad faith re-statement of what I wrote about my experiences with the homeless in my library.
- DANmode 3y agoMy comment was not referring, nor directed, to you.
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