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Re:Technocracy 2.0 by mullingitover on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @06:37PM (#46893512)
> Then you think about how the people must be treated to make this be true.

People who have all their needs met (food and safety, social, etc) tend to want to make the world around them better. I would wager the nice looking places are more likely to have well-treated people.

Places that look like dumps are the ones more likely to be populated by people who are treated poorly.

Re:Technocracy 2.0 by direwolf20 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:16PM (#46893876)
unrealistic expectation. The city is hyper–clean because anyone who litters is shot.
Re:Technocracy 2.0 by anigbrowl on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:21PM (#46893911)
Can you be more specific? I guess you're talking about some place like one of the central Asian republics?
Re:Technocracy 2.0 by throwway120385 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @10:41AM (#46900878)
Or because people in the community have pride in the community. One of the differences I've noticed between Hawaii and Tahiti is in how dirty and messed up the buildings and streets are. In Hawaii there's more of a "community spirit" that tends to encourage cleanliness. I felt more despair from Tahiti.
Re:Technocracy 2.0 by direwolf20 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @02:26PM (#46903882)
Community spirit is cleanliness but also freedom. In a community spirit place you get no litter but you also get lots of artsy decorations and weird spaces. In a conformist place you get no litter and whatever type of building billionaires make money from.