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I don't know what the parent comment was referring to, however it's notable how brittle society actually is. Society only works when people generally play by t
by Alupis 2y ago
I don't know what the parent comment was referring to, however it's notable how brittle society actually is.
Society only works when people generally play by the same rules, ie. "The Social Contract". When people stop adhering to the contract, chaos happens and society rots or crumbles.
There's a plethora of recent examples of this - including mass riots, mass looting and mass shoplifting. Society doesn't have an automatic and efficient way to deal with people who collectively decided societal rules don't apply to them.
For some people, chaos is a means to an end. Tear down the things you don't like in society by literally breaking them.
- beaglesss 2y agoI would argue there are some baseline ones to follow, mostly revolving around consent, property rights, and violence. Fortunately even other apes generally understand these instinctually at some level so it's baked in well enough it won't completely break down, with various asterisks attached. If we all stopped paying taxes and started smoking weed we would probably manage somehow. On the other hand if everyone becomes an arsonist we'd have real problems.