Comment by ryandrake
15 days ago
I feel like there is a growing number of people who just can't even recognize or acknowledge shame. It's not even an emotion they are capable of or understand.
So many people now respond to "You shouldn't do that..." with one or more of:
- But, I'm allowed to.
- But, it's legal.
- But, the rules don't say I can't.
- But, nobody is stopping me.
The shared cultural understanding of right and wrong is shrinking. More and more, there's just can and can't.
I agree and I think it’s a backlash to the 2010’s where many felt there was too much shame/shaming going on in most online spaces.
Fwiw I haven’t noticed either phenomenon much irl but that might just be my bubble.
Certainly in the political arena we have people that are completely shameless. Maybe that counts as online space, but it has big effects on people's real life.