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[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism ]

Full Idea

What is held communally by the most people gets the least care. For people give most thought to what is their own, less to what is communal, or only as much as falls to each of them to give.

Gist of Idea

People care less about what is communal, and more about what is their own

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1261b33)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.24


A Reaction

That is, they care about the bit they contributed (I think). On a train, would people with feet on the seats do the same in their own home? Yes, probably! Caring about what is communal must be a cultural consensus. Pride in the NHS.