perhaps obvious but i suspect that large amounts of space was a massive factor in americas individualist streak. everywhere ive lived ive had at least one close neighbor infringing on me in a variety of ways and it gives me a visceral possibly illogical reaction to libertarianism
i used to be punk rock say no to rules guy but after the shaking the room techno at 3am neighbor and the playing trumpet at night neighbor and the guy who made my wife sick with cigarette smoke an atavistic part of me is ready to 1984 big brother up. perhaps this explains britain
“would you trade freedom for comfort”
me generally: of course not
me when i can hear my neighbor through my headphones:
me generally: of course not
me when i can hear my neighbor through my headphones:
its the grey area that makes me very sympathetic to returning to monkey state. either i need the grip of society to enforce certain standards [or] i need to be able to enforce my own standards myself, perhaps via duels, for example. hovering in this middle ground is emasculating
its emasculating. had this neighbor once me. i asked him to stop doing something. he said no. landlord couldnt do anything. so am i really going to go to jail to fight this guy. ofc not. would that even do anything? so i moved. “the system” is weighted towards the obstinate ones.
conversely one time someone beat up a cab driver and ran into our building (i dont live there anymore) and that same neighbor asked if it was me (it was not me), so, perhaps my aura is more threatening than i assume. still not my style. maybe if i move and can hear a tv again
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