Why are people obeying rules when the reason for the rule is invalid and there is no enforcement?
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Also increasingly overladen with pointless rules and custodians with real power to sanction "not compliant" individuals.
The specific example of red lights will get you fined >10% of an average person's salary around here.
Utterly absurd, but it scares people.
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It's obvious that there are larger social forces at work here. Interestingly, this phenomenon is almost nonexistent in Norway.
I'm guessing it has something to do with mass inequality/poverty. It makes people paranoid on one end, dangerous on the other.
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I mean, specifically in Poland there is also growing right-wing populism. It was always tolerated, but is now the dominant political force.
That certainly hasn't helped with people's attitudes. They're already clearly worse than when I moved here, and they weren't great before.
Dunno why I said populism. Meant theologically ratified extreme xenophobia, even towards more culturally proximate European countries.
A guy who gave me and a friend a lift while we were hitchhiking managed to spout that Poland is one of the last bastions of freedom in Europe.
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If I was OK with walking all the way to Bieszczady, I would have laughed. It's one of the most ridiculous claims I've ever heard.
The only respect in which this country is "free" is that the legal system is a mess and enforcement for crimes that can't be fined instantly is lax.
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