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[–] cantaloupe6 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What happened is cultural values are not universal; as assumed when living in a large culture bubble.

As such, the golden rule often leads to the deadly assumption that good intentions beget the same. More so with a decreasing demographic, cultural footprint, and less glad-handling.

That's why hiking in Morocco, etc. can be fatal. (But our good

Time immersed in other cultures allows their hostility to be experienced. That's what Sweden may learn if they survive; too late for Zimbabwe and ZA.

As a young child you probably believed in Santa, that wasn't true either.

It's a red pill; that returning good intentions isn't culturally universal. And that not expecting good intentions does not mean one holds hatred or bad intentions, rather than realistic caution.

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