Politics is an extension of who we are as a culture. The values that inform our culture inform our politics.
Given no countervailing pressures, people tend to be selfish. This is evidenced in what is called the tragedy of the commons, where common resources are abused by selfish individuals.
Politics is an extension of who we are as a culture. The values that inform our culture inform our politics.
Given no countervailing pressures, people tend to be selfish. This is evidenced in what is called the tragedy of the commons, where common resources are abused by selfish individuals.
I was watching a romantic comedy the other day (forget the title, my wife wanted to watch it). It was surprisingly good--not because it was particularly funny (and romance isn't really my thing in literature or movies) but because of the subtext--which was how one of the major characters always turned everything into being all about them.
Our culture and media (and media structures) have made us very self-centered and self-focused. There is minimal care or concern for the community or commons in swathes of our society (and actual anger when common concerns, like the environment, are pointed out).
Through in the death of shame on top of that and you geta toxic brew.
Politics is an extension of who we are as a culture. The values that inform our culture inform our politics.
Given no countervailing pressures, people tend to be selfish. This is evidenced in what is called the tragedy of the commons, where common resources are abused by selfish individuals.
I was watching a romantic comedy the other day (forget the title, my wife wanted to watch it). It was surprisingly good--not because it was particularly funny (and romance isn't really my thing in literature or movies) but because of the subtext--which was how one of the major characters always turned everything into being all about them.
Our culture and media (and media structures) have made us very self-centered and self-focused. There is minimal care or concern for the community or commons in swathes of our society (and actual anger when common concerns, like the environment, are pointed out).
Through in the death of shame on top of that and you geta toxic brew.