In Japan, they have a term Mura Hachibu that apparently signifies when someone is ostracized and shunned from society for doing something really bad and abhorrent. I have never lived in Japan so I only know about it and have heard about it, don’t really know how it works. But in the USA it kind of seems like you can do all sorts of horrible, bad things, and there’s no real societal consequence for it… If you need any evidence of this, just look at Matt Gaetz. People literally hate this guy, in Congress and outside of it. Some people call him a child predator don’t know if it’s actually true or not and honestly don’t care to discuss it here but You would think that people that do terrible, horrible things would get put on a list and that list would be passed around society So people can be actively aware that they should avoid them, and restrict them from participating in society due to their terrible actions…
So why isn’t this ever done in the USA? Has this ever been considered, or is this like not a good thing to do?
Just my two cents, but I think there’s something to this. There was a time in the US when, as a kid, if you did something odd or questionable, you’d get called out—and if it was bad enough, maybe even shamed by your peers. Sure, it wasn’t perfect and could be taken too far, but overall, it helped shape people into more self-aware adults.
Somewhere in the late ’90s, this started fading out. Suddenly, everyone was ‘special’ and ‘living their best life.’ You couldn’t mention weight or bad behavior without backlash. Teachers became scapegoats for entitled parents. And now, here we are—half the country can’t make informed decisions, can’t have a productive discussion, and drives like traffic laws are optional.