The Fragility of Society

Is the slope slippery?

The article is putatively about social norms but in practice is about crime.

Readers with an outlook that goes beyond North America will be able to provide context. I'm thinking that traffic laws and driving behavior in various countries may have slipped way down the slope, for example, and perhaps some countries have high levels of the petty yet impactful crime. Individual teenage shoplifters are one thing, organized swarms are by definition organized crime and a single event is grand larceny.