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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I think it is unfortunately one of the prices of modern civilization. We used to live in small communities where everyone knew everyone, and most people were even at least distantly related to each other, and in some ways we are still built for that. Even morality itself makes a lot more "sense" if you interact with people several times, and is a lot more difficult to justify from the perspective of self-interest in an interaction with strangers (kind of a chilling but interesting thought to me).

But at the same time it is simply not possible to develop a personal attachment that quickly, to as many people as we interact with on a daily basis living even in a moderately-sized city, and the danger of trust being abused by a stranger is too big. So we usually have some compromise where we follow some rules of courtesy but also don't exactly go out of our way to help a "random" other person, at least not to the degree we would a friend. I think it is frustrating to many people, but I also do not see a better solution.
gpt
&gt; We used to live in small communities where everyone knew everyone, and in some ways we are still built for that.

Absolutely.

It sounds almost idyllic to imagine; the butcher you buy your meat from is your cousin, the local doctor is married to your sister, your business partner is a friend you've known since you were children.

There is a phenomenon I have heard of called 'alien architecture' that occurs in large cities, and has a profound effect on personal and group psychology; when you don't know anyone who lives or works in buildings you see, and you don't even know their function or purpose in the case of commercial or industrial buildings, it's like living in a foreign land and it engenders feelings of alienation and disassociation.