When you do the right thing.

This is the four­teenth in a series of posts reflec­ting on the gene­ral decline of civi­li­ty. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

And there you go. We’ve set the stage for our next examples. A word about the high­way code and motor vehicles. You could say that this was the first social net­work. Eve­ryone is in their own vehicle and eve­ryone enjoys a cer­tain amount of ano­ny­mi­ty. First of all, who will go to the lengths of tra­cking down a thug on the road? Sure, some people “chase” each other, but most of the time, the bel­li­ge­rents give up. Kno­wing this, who will fear being tra­cked down? Do you see a cycle set­ting in? Do we secure our­selves on the basis of our own abi­li­ty to track someone down and the­re­fore to be tra­cked down?

Consi­de­ring this limit, we can see it as a bor­der. This bor­der slides and takes away or gives space to the civi­li­zed area. Obvious­ly, a socie­ty where the civil code, in the sense of civi­li­ty, is very present does not mean that mishaps are not pos­sible. There may even be more of them. The more rules there are, the more inter­pre­ta­tion there is, the more pos­sible it is to be caught out. This price to pay comes at the bene­fit of refi­ning our beha­vior and control­ling our ins­tincts, because yes, that is what we mean when we talk about civi­li­ty, control­ling our pri­ma­ry instincts.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on May 26, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny