• doomcanoe
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    3 days ago

    When was that? Surely you don’t mean the 50’s?

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      2 days ago

      Generally, when we were kids, whenever that may have been. We were taught that sharing and compassion were good things.

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        2 days ago

        That’s fair, and in that case I’m glad that it never stopped being touted as a virtue.

        Even if there have always been selfish idiots who fail to learn that lesson ruining it for the rest of us.

      • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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        Not my generation, no. It was always about enterprising and cunning more like. Something like American dream and all that. Get rich and stuff. I really don’t think many people were raised with a focus on altruistic values. It was singular kids that seemed to be kind when others were rather trying to climb the elementary school social ladder and were taught that money is the measure of all

        I was taught loyalty is very important personally and that kinda bite me in the butt in the end