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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Bystander effect? Wasn't there some lady in NYC like Kitty Genovese (sp? from what I read in freakonomics) or something like that where more than 15+ people watched the lady get stabbed repeatedly and no one reported it? It happens in more than just China.
I'm not disputing that there is an overall problem in China. I think the sheer lack of empathy, manners, culture and consideration in China has a lot to do with the backwards communist era policies and subsequent relaxation more than anything else. Chinese one child policies and subsequent relaxation of economic policies to allow for capitalism has created an environment of spoiled children. Parents and grandparents get vastly richer than the previous generations and their very few children get more and more spoiled/inconsiderate/less empathetic.
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I'm pretty sure Freakanomics mentioned that story in an attempt to discredit the bystander effect. If I recall the story was spun to say that people didn't try to help when in fact the police were trying to focus attention away from the fact it took them so long to respond (due to cutbacks).
That's just a single example and as noted in the thread there are many instances of the effect being documented so I'm not saying it doesn't exist.
Terrible tragedy and there's no way I'm watching that video.