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Comment by ivraatiems

3 days ago

Trust me: You don't. You'd go insane.

See for example everyone who has to live with an HOA.

Classically underspecified, you are right. The care has to be about others and respecting them, not about oneself. Like in a good partnership. Care about giving, not taking.

But as the article frustratedly states, it usually goes the other way. Like Jethro Tull progressing into desillusion from

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=luDfuZkeqKU

to

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7SGq7jMdSU

This planet is such a beautiful marble and all we do is trample it with our feet. Guys, make a random somebody smile today, will ya?

Is that what caring about people in your community looks like? Or some kind of property value paranoia and sense of control.