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AIBU to think we are edging worryingly close to anarchy?

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Noras · 10/04/2026 23:36

Am I unreasonable to believe that we are 2 or 3 steps away from anarchy?

Just that really. We see endless footage of quite aggressive and in the open. Shop lifting. People seem to have no shame eg driving over parkland or chucking rubbish out of car windows. Kids ran amok in Cornwall. People decide to live in caravans anywhere and just poo in parkland. Fly tipping is rife.
People freely wal: around the streets under the influence of drugs. People go to upmarket gyms with ankle tags and no sense of shame. People are more abusive and rude.

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NormasArse · 26/04/2026 12:09

NoisyHiker · 10/04/2026 23:49

I had to drive through the center of a large city today (that I usually manage to avoid!)

The driving standards are atrocious now. People openly looking at their phones while moving, driving straight through red lights, undertaking, and I think indicators and stopping distance have gone the way of the dinosaurs.

If it wasn't for the DC I'd be persuading DH that we should buy a woodland up north, build a house nearby and live out our hermit dreams. Maybe fill it with endangered animals and plants so the shits can't build the 325th ugly shoebox newbuild estate near us.

Wanna share a plot?!

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