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Apr 28, 2024
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YES YES YES. I saw a video a few days ago and I should have saved it, but essentially there was a thesis about how capitalism & convenience killed community. Absolutely brilliant. The idea was that humans don't depend on other humans as much as we used to, we instead rely on services too cater to our needs. Instead of asking to borrow eggs, we'd rather drive (and use gas) to a store to buy a dozen eggs (which are expensive) and drive back (more gas)...which is insane. But we've been told that's normal. Or worse, we don't even go to the store, we just opt not to cook and just Uber Eats food! Ugh! And slowly but surely we create invisible walls between us and the people around us because it seems easier to just solve the issue ourselves or pay for a solution or make an issue harder than it should be...as opposed to ringing a doorbell and asking for an egg. It's insane. But then we wonder why community is lacking? And why 20 years ago you used to know your neighbors? - I'm going to stop here because I can go on and on and on about this.
Apr 28, 2024
marianoleonczik no please go on and on because I totally agree. The ideas of capitalism stop is from being able to fully and comp form functional relationships with each other!!!! Itâs so messed up and terrible and i completely agree with everything youâve said. Youre so right and Iâd love to hear all your ideas on this!!!!
Apr 28, 2024
lilyzittlau OK OK just one more quick on so Iâve become fascinated with architecture from a practical standpoint and have done reading on how it sort of has shifted in the last 100 years and why. Around where I live we have towns filled with Victorian houses that were built between the 1850âs-1900âs. Theyâre old and huge and wonderful. One defining characteristic of these is the big front yard + big front porch that usually hugs the side of the house. Historically the front yard was the meeting place for neighbors! Youâd wander over and converse and your kids would play with other kids and all the parents could watch the front yards with the kids from the comfort of their porch, or often times each others porch! It was common to say âHey letâs have a snack as we watch the kids together!â But then a shift happened: less porches, and smaller from yards. The houses shifted forwards and the backyards grew. The selling point in real estate became âHUGE PRIVATE BACKYARD!â â suddenly the exchange went from public front yard to private back yard. Instead of inviting neighbors in you were keeping neighbors out. Then it became fearing your neighbors (which of course if you donât know them youâll fear them) and suddenly home security systems became a status symbol in affluent neighborhoods and you look back and itâs like blatantly obvious that capitalism has benefited from keeping you from your neighbor. The bigger the divide, the more $ they can make. Back in ancient times, in the middle east where Africa & Asia overlap homes were built around courtyards where people would wander in to talk, to discuss, to eat, etc. â How different do our American homes seem? And sure, people still gather in their backyard now but with CHOSEN FRIENDS, whereas it used to be the people youâd gather with were typically your neighbors; you didnât get to choose! Community today is too easy to choose to opt in to; back then you needed your neighbors. Now we avoid them entirely. Insane how if something urgent happened I canât go ask my neighbor to watch our pets for a few hours, I have to either ask a friend to drive from a few towns over or Iâm paying a pet service to care for them (and I still have to drive them over!) â AAIAUAUIDJRJEJFJRIWIWIRIFIFIDJE.
