Saturday, November 13, 2004

Individual Vs Society

How do you convince the individual that it is in their individual interest that all of society is better off? how, if the homless are not desparate, you can go for a late evening stroll through the park and not get mugged? that if your taxes pay for their education, then they will be better educated and earn more and pay more tax to your benifit? that helping someone creates an obligation that will be repaid in your times of trouble?

That fear you have of strangers. that awkward stare you get when you walk out of a supermarket without buying anything. A discord in your existence, this fabricated society built up around us, barricading the self from dependence on others, never quite sure when you make the jump that someone'll catch you...

You Should Never Have To Eat Alone.
posted by Keegan at 6:09 pm

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