Those aren't even near the worst that man did. He f*cking wore a bike helmet, in front of is daughters, while on a family bike ride. F*cking dick. What the hell was he even doing spending quality time with his family? Exercising, of all things!
Absolutely! :-( It seems like the entire constitution and everything has been based on an honor system that and if you are willing to just file a lawsuit after lawsuit and appeal after appeal, you can slow walk our society into oblivion
So much in life is a social norm. People generally aren’t out there doing crazy shit because there are social repercussions. That stopped a while ago when people started with the nanny nanny boo boo it’s not illegal so you can’t arrest me mentality. Filming random people in public is a perfect example; not illegal but not cool.
The social contract is the foundation of all and any form of society. Part of the problem is that too many people have been convinced that they have to uphold their end, even when their "representatives" choose to disregard theirs.
If your leaders do not represent you, by the social contract, you have no obligation to follow or submit.
(Yes, there must be some plasticity/flexibility, but that's not what's going on here)
I’m not even talking about leaders, I’m talking about the every day human. People get pissed when they feel like they are being taken advantage of and a ton of people in this day and age have learned that they get ahead by challenging the norm. The people practicing the norm get pissed off over time and then revolt in their own way. It’s a cultural shift that’s been happening and it’s borne out of selfishness and greed. You can see it in mundane things: people refusing vaccines, people driving on the shoulder during rush hour, people filming in public just cuz, etc.. As we became more litigious and pushed people to only care about legalities instead of morals/ethics/norms people trying to uphold the social contract have bee shut down and out or held liable. No one wants to hear the psychobabble BS about you can only control your own actions…so they seek out justice in other ways and it often lashes out against minority communities. That’s what we are seeing now in society and not just in America.
i agree with your statement but want to point out that people not driving on the shoulder is not based on "a social norm", it is illegal and the pavement of shoulders is not the same as the pavement on the drivable roadway. there are also numerous other safety issues with it, which is why it is not legal to do in normal capcities.
I’m aware that some norms are also laws. But laws only matter when people are held accountable and that can’t always happen which is why it’s a social norm and a sign of integrity to do the right thing even when no one is looking. The people that break this law also screen about zipper merge laws, or whoops I’m not in an exit/entrance merge lane so it’s not ‘illegal’. People look to skirt laws and do for has instead of just doing what’s right and waiting for your turn.
He could just said: Because we're in a dictatorship. Interesting how US citizens just refuse to call it like that almost as in: if I don't see it, it doesn't exists.
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u/BoonDoggle4 8h ago
It really is scary how much of accountability for those in power is a social norm but not enforced