In this case, I’m referring to the notion that we all make minor sacrifices in our daily interactions in service of a “greater good” for everyone.
“Following the rules” would be a simplified version of what I’m talking about, I suppose. But also keeping an awareness/attitude about "How will my choices affect the people around me in this moment? “Common courtesy”, “situational awareness”, etc…
I don’t know that it’s a “new” phenomenon by any means, I just seem to have an increasing (subjective) awareness of it’s decline of late.
This is what I’m talking about. We have this slippery equivalence between taxes on billionaires and taxes on everyone else. The vast majority of the population couldn’t care less about how billionaires are taxed besides maybe to increase it. Now you’re on some thing about how Republicans are hypocritical about spending, which is true, but it’s not even what we’re talking about. What I’m talking about is that most people don’t want their own money going to taxes for any kind of dumb shit (including the military budget) when so many of them are struggling to get by.
