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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.

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[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Our communities have been destroyed by this cult of hyper-individualism.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

The balance between society and the individual has been tilted wildly to the individual. Everyone is an island now.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So much for "it takes a village"

[–] cottard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Villages now available from Amazon, financed through affirm, for low, monthly prices!

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Location dependent, but I would say it has always been like this. It's just more visible when everyone can film it and comment on incidents globally.

I never expected 20 years ago to be seeing multiple pictures of people parking across 4 spaces in other countries, but here we are.