The Cream Of The Finest Society

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We have a bunch of slogans, sayings, whatever you want to call them and those who don't have an opinion about anything, because they are not capable of judging for themselves, or are not educated in any regards, are using these to look smart. One of these slogans or sayings says "Every society is as strong as the weakest link". This is not something I use often, or at all, but it is true. But what if most of the society qualifies as weakest link? What then?

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This is again a topic that may blow the fuse, as most likely some of the readers might recognize themselves in the writing, although I'm not referring to any specific person here, but a phenomenon that is fairly obvious to any person with a healthy education in a civilized country.

If you've been on this platform, you've seen this behavior for sure and if you're not one of them, then you know it's wrong. Yes, you read it right, I wrote if you're not one of them, then you know it's wrong, because those in question think it's ok, see no problem with this behavior, and the worst part is, it means they have no intention to change.

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It's like a script already, it goes the same way each and every time and I can predict the outcome from the start. It begins with breaking the rules and when caught or notified about it, the first reaction is, "I didn't know", which in some cases can be genuine, as they couldn't care less about studying the rules previously, and in other cased it's a lie. This doesn't prevent them from committing the same abuse again and this is where things get "interesting".

In any normal country/society/community, those who commit the same act twice, are considered recidivist and treated accordingly, which means breaking the rules the first time never goes unpunished, but on Hive, you can get away with it with a warning, but when you do the same thing the second time it is considered deliberate and again, in any normal country, the punishment is more severe.

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On Hive, this is when you can get muted in some communities that care about their community and are working on keeping their space abuse free and this is when most of the abusers are starting to beg for a second chance, refusing to acknowledge the second chance was given to them with the first warning. Some communities are more lenient and don't mute them even after several attempts of abuse and that's where they find their home to continue abusing, but interestingly, they always want to get back into those communities that muted them.

What is interesting here is their mentality and thinking. They know they are committing an abuse (or a series of abuses) and after several warnings they still continue, then come beg for endless second chances, using all kinds of lies, hoping to get away with it, and at the end come the threats.

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I'm not saying we got used to it as this is not something anyone should get used to, it's more like we know how to handle them and know most of it is just a bunch of endless lies, one after the other.

Taking several steps back and looking at the big picture, imagine how those societies are evolving, when most of their members are in fact "weakest links", cheating when they can, where they can and, lying and always looking for shortcuts. We know exactly how they evolve and it is called going backwards.

The funny thing is, everyone in this world wants a better life, without exception. Some are working hard and always in pursuit of making their dreams come true, while others ... well, others are hoping someone is going to make their dream come true.

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Cheating your way through school, university by plagiarizing and using artificial intelligence may work in those countries. You may be proud of yourself for getting your diploma and even call yourself educated, but we all know that piece of paper won't do your work, in case you're hired. You'll remain as illiterate as when you started your studies and everyone with half a brain know that.

What I will never understand is how can these people live like this. There's a thing called conscience, a wor and a concept most of these people don't know and don't have it either, it seems. How can you build your life focusing only on how to cheat your way through life? Do you have an answer to this question?

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Certain people never seem to learn because they think they are smarter than everyone else.

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Yup, there are quite many, unfortunately.

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There is no answer 🙁 other than conscience like you mentioned, character, morals. There is a limit to what society can or is willing to impose on bad actors.

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I agree with you on that!

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Hello @erikah friend... I read your post and immediately something comes to mind that here in Venezuela we call "viveza criolla" (The most adequate translation into English I think would be "local cunning opportunism" and it is a term which refers to that capacity of some people to try to take advantage of everything selfishly, then play dumb, avoid sanctions and do the same thing again to mock for having done it more than once... Unfortunately, this "local cunning opportunism" is part of everything that has led my country to the impressive decline in which we are increasingly immersed 😒... As always, an interesting reflection written in a very legible and concise way... Thanks for sharing... By the way, beautiful photos of flowers and even more the close-ups of the lichen, wow! (you know I love doing macros of things like that 😀📷)... Happy weekend!

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Hello Jesus and thanks for the long comment. I'm really sorry to hear there are bad apples in Venezuela too. I suppose these people can be found in every society, all over the world. Some have more, some less.

Unfortunately, this "local cunning opportunism" is part of everything that has led my country to the impressive decline in which we are increasingly immersed 😒...

Where these people are the majority, the country is going down, unfortunately.

I hope the situation is going to change soon. I keep saying that, but ... God knows when it's going to be (figure of speech, not that I am trusting God to change the situation).

Have a nice Sunday my friend!

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It happens to the best of us. I remember when I posted a single photo (which I thought was an impactful one) in photography lovers after years of posting there, and you came along and said (not exactly) "Hey buddy, these are the rules", and I thought to myself "Well, shit, I probably should've read them" - my past and present behaviour in the community did not matter one bit.

A reminder to "Read the sign" was all I needed ;)

Others ... well, they are not aware of the sign's existence, or when confronted with it, are bedazzled by the strange curvature of language.

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I don't remember the case, but yes, sometimes it happens unintentionally and yes again, past and present behavior does not matter, the post gets muted and a note is left (if it's handled by me), for a reason.

Most of the community rules are general, that applies to the whole chain, but we have a couple that are specific. Unfortunately so many are posting without checking out the rules and then comes the rest, which most of the times is not pleasant.

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Agreed. Just because I've never murdered anyone, doesn't mean I can't get away with it if I do it right now. It also doesn't inoculate me against the future! We all make mistakes, and how we handle them are what make us good, or obnoxious people. :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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