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>>cwwc+(OP)
When did we move to a "do whatever you think you can get away with" model of society?

Maybe I'm naive but I think there used to be at least a modicum of self-restraint on this kind of thing. Sure, people always tried to make as much money as possible, but there used to be some limit somewhere - not because you'll get caught but because c'mon, we just don't do that! That seems to have now been totally lost.

>>llimos+Q7
> When did we move to a "do whatever you think you can get away with" model of society?

If you judge society by the worst headlines and stories from social media then it’s going to seem very bad

You have to consider that news and social media only talk about the extreme stories. It’s not representative of normal

>>Pragma+s9
What's normal isn't all that matters though, and the broad consequences of the behavior of the capitalist class are starting to creep quite deeply into what's normal for a lot of middle and lower class people.

Personally, I would like that to be countered much more like how they do things in China. Making an example of some bad apples can be very persuasive.