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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
It’s always been this way. Hell, the entire tech industry is this way. No one is innocent, and society is generally fine with it. What might be new is the fact that you hear so much more about it now because of the internet. What was once just local news before is now easily amplified.

Society hasn’t so much as changed as we’ve become more aware of all of the issues. And to top it all off, a lot of people want to go back to that again. Because ignorance is bliss.

>>jasonl+M9
It definitely wasn’t always this way:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_capitalism

Not that I agree with welfare capitalism, I think it’s an unstable position and greed would always kill it. But let’s not forget that for some people, the past was definitely better than the present when it came to some economic matters. Note: I’m not excusing or wanting the bigotry of the past.

>>aaomid+qa
That seems much more limited than what I was talking about.

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

That's what I was talking about, and it's much broader than what's covered by welfare capitalism.

> But let’s not forget that for some people, the past was definitely better than the present

We are talking about society as a whole. And "do whatever you think you can get away with" implies that it will be better for some people. Just because life it great doesn't mean people aren't doing whatever they think they can get away with. Just because the past was better doesn't change my assertion.