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bdangubicyesterday at 8:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

> There is a unique pride in being part of a community built around honor.

It has been 100(s) of years since community like this existed, now this is utopia


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galleywest200yesterday at 8:53 PM

I definitely still see honor system pay boxes in the USA. Maybe not in big cities, but outside of them.

Disc golf courses, fire wood piles, that day’s chicken eggs in a wooden box on the side of the road.

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twoWhlsGudyesterday at 8:51 PM

Princeton was that way in my lifetime (and I'm not that old : ) - corruption is not inevitable nor should honor be considered some sort of utopian dream.

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