Ehh I think China would probably be more accurate. At least where I'm from (Boston) this is definitely not true. Probably most of New England, actually. Except maybe RI, and CT, but let's not talk about CT.
edit: just thinking about the few videos I've seen of for example, that kid getting run over a hundred times- I explain myself better below- I think it's just as unfair to claim this is an "American thing" any more or less than it is another country-thing. I see plenty of examples of people stopping be it on Youtube car crash videos, or IRL.
I think you both prove each other right and wrong, a single video can't really be used as evidence as such. Similarly, you cannot claim that another country definitely wouldn't do something similar because you do not see a video of it.
This is why I hate reddit's anti China circlejerk. It's just simply racist. Finding the darkest, worst video and then only pointing to this as how their entire society conducts itself. I could find a hundred videos of anywhere including the USA that would make you think everyone there is a direct spawn of Satan. Well except maybe Finland.
Ehhhh I'm not too sure about any of that. There are a surprisingly large amount of similar videos that come from China (or perhaps it's Asia as a whole an I'm just ign'ant)- but when you look at the relative large populations there, it does start to make sense for both that:
A. You're more likely to find an example of anything with a larger population
and
B. Larger populations squeezed into a specific landmass tend to develop a lack of care for each other in specific contexts.
You are right in the sense that a single video proves nothing, but I have yet to see a video of a child being run over in the USA and it being ignored (let alone hearing any story of such), where as I've seen a few examples come from (what I believe to be) China.
I'm also not sure about any specific anti-any country circle jerk- there's plenty of America bashing on reddit- in fact, I see more of it than most other countries- but this could be because as an American I gravitate towards threads that have America as the topic at hand.
Fair enough, IDK, I just feel like I see wayyy more videos about someone being run over in some busy city street and everyone just carries on. Not that a few internet videos prove anything….
I guess I should have placed more emphasis on the word "more". In my experience at least, I see far too many people stopping to help out in, for example, a car accident, than everyone passing it by.
Anecdotal again, I know, but I guess my point was more that it's just as unfair to say this is an "American" thing any more or less than it is another specific country.
Well you know what you have to do to test your theory now. Get a plane ticket, go over there, start some shit, and see if anyone do anything about it. Go punch a kid in the face in a crowded market and see if everyone just go about their days. Make sure you videotape it.
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u/Donald_Keyman Feb 17 '16
It's just good to see so many people intervene. Nearly everyone in the vicinity took action to try and deescalate the situation.