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.
It’s a bit of confirmation bias. Once something “big” happens to you, you start seeing little things that you’d before just write off.
But a part of it is the increase in homeless people. Many of them, thanks to mental illness and drug addiction, can’t follow a social contract.
Of course, naturally, they get left on the street where they ruin everyone else’s day instead of being forced into an area where they can exhaust themselves out, and get their illnesses treated.
Because that would cost too much money, of course, as if letting those people lose their grip on reality and break shit doesn’t already cost money.