People who never leave the city could think the world is overpopulated and or the environment is very polluted. Also the city has a more diverse group of people from all around, so a city-dweller would have a more global than patriotic mindset. A cure for this is for them to take a retreat from the city to visit the countryside a while.
Tbh, I consider myself to be a member of the FGC. Fighting Games Community, for anyone uninitiated. Street Fighter, Tekken, games like that. I can tell you that the idea of racial diversity isn't so farfetched imho. Everybody treats you the same. They don't care if you're white, black, or otherwise. To them, everybody is a b*tch a*ss laggy mfker who should switch off wifi. They're equally irritating as they are lovable.
The important thing is that we consider ourselves to be of the community. It's small, everybody has played each other or has a fave player, everybody knows where each others' mo m lives, and everybody trashtalks each other. And we get along. It's not who we are or even the community we belong to that defines how we identify with one another but rather the size. And while yes, there'll always be belligerents who dare say GG is a better game than SF (they're wrong), we can also still have our silly banter and just respect that while they clearly have no idea what they're talking about, we're all still in the FGC.
To bring it to politics, that's the same way I think America is intended to have worked. Not the United State but rather the United States. We're only human and we only can be attentive to a few ppI at a time. Put us in a very unnatural environment like a big urban city centre and that attention becomes lacking and what makes us human, our emotions, our care for each other turns to something less authentic. The pace of our environment isn't slow enough that our communication, whether verbal or otherwise, can be genuine. In its place, if you've ever been to a large city, come almost automated responses, all for the sakes of cohesion almost. There's a difference between niceness and genuine kindness, I think, and you see it when comparing urban cities to rural areas.
If you're unconvinced, think about this. Have you ever joined a server or something where there's 1000s of ppI, or have ever tried having a conversation with a dozen others speaking at the same time? It's less authentic, wouldn't you say, than in a smaller group? Same concept.
Sorry for the rant. Had to give a shoutout to the fgc.
People who never leave the city could think the world is overpopulated and or the environment is very polluted. Also the city has a more diverse group of people from all around, so a city-dweller would have a more global than patriotic mindset. A cure for this is for them to take a retreat from the city to visit the countryside a while.
Tbh, I consider myself to be a member of the FGC. Fighting Games Community, for anyone uninitiated. Street Fighter, Tekken, games like that. I can tell you that the idea of racial diversity isn't so farfetched imho. Everybody treats you the same. They don't care if you're white, black, or otherwise. To them, everybody is a b*tch a*ss laggy mfker who should switch off wifi. They're equally irritating as they are lovable.
The important thing is that we consider ourselves to be of the community. It's small, everybody has played each other or has a fave player, everybody knows where each others' mo m lives, and everybody trashtalks each other. And we get along. It's not who we are or even the community we belong to that defines how we identify with one another but rather the size. And while yes, there'll always be belligerents who dare say GG is a better game than SF (they're wrong), we can also still have our silly banter and just respect that while they clearly have no idea what they're talking about, we're all still in the FGC.
To bring it to politics, that's the same way I think America is intended to have worked. Not the United State but rather the United States. We're only human and we only can be attentive to a few ppI at a time. Put us in a very unnatural environment like a big urban city centre and that attention becomes lacking and what makes us human, our emotions, our care for each other turns to something less authentic. The pace of our environment isn't slow enough that our communication, whether verbal or otherwise, can be genuine. In its place, if you've ever been to a large city, come almost automated responses, all for the sakes of cohesion almost. There's a difference between niceness and genuine kindness, I think, and you see it when comparing urban cities to rural areas.
If you're unconvinced, think about this. Have you ever joined a server or something where there's 1000s of ppI, or have ever tried having a conversation with a dozen others speaking at the same time? It's less authentic, wouldn't you say, than in a smaller group? Same concept.
Sorry for the rant. Had to give a shoutout to the fgc.