[underbear1]

Quote by: G. Adams Quote by: Samildanach I was musing today about morality and its relationship to wealth and comfort. It seems to me that societies which are for a better word poorer or maybe less developed but NOT destitute (ie where everyone has a basic level of living) seem to be relatively highly moral societies. Everyone needs to come together and pool resources if they want to accomplish any larger projects and because of this 'forced cooperation' a more moral societal structure develops. However if you look at the other two extremes 1. A destitute society, people are so desperate for resources that they often ignore morality altogether (not necessarily out of choice) because necessity demands it ie people who rob and kill for resources. and 2. A highly wealthy society where traditional morality begins to fail because people have so much their minds turn towards doing exactly what THEY want and f!"k anybody else, it leads away from societal cohesion as well which leads to moral fragmentation. So what happens when EVERYONE has so much wealth (as standards of wealth are increasing across the world) that collective morality is abandoned altogether? It is the death of the community that, in my opinion, has caused the collapse of individual morality. In the past, if you stole or got violent without a good reason, the gossip would go around and your reputation would be in tatters by the end of the week. The could cost you your job, your business, your family etc You could pretty much have to move away from your town and join another, not a great experience when you move to a new community that doesn't yet know or trust you. These days, there's no community, so you don't have a reputation, so you feel free to be an ass. You can see how this works when people get into new communities, like a tight office situation. They change themselves to match the new group, and they don't do things out of line that result in them being ostracised from the group. However, outside of the office they are still assholes.

Speak for yourself MY COMMUNITY is stronger than ever. But I won't go into further details because any mention of something gay derails this forum's threads.