Topic: How do you function in a dishonest Society? - page 2. (Read 385 times)

I agree with you that changing the situation around is not possible in society Because working in a dishonest society is so difficult because everyone has different opinions and attitudes I think everyone needs to change their outlook before working in society.

all societies are dishonest, they always lie or dont give certain information,

many say only way to live if just to trust in god.

its impossible to have everyone know everything, and everyone be always sure that he says everything correct, i live in germany and no where in the world people take it so seriously what they say, and still they are gaps.

Dishonestly.

This is a pretty stupid topic just based on the fact that you're saying an entire society is dishonest. If an entire society is dishonest, it makes the most sense for no one to have an issue with being dishonest. It's accepted and it's the norm. Not surprising in the least.

This is one of the good thing to do because we can see that if people arent afraid to the leader they can do what they want because they believe that the law cant do anything about it.  But om the other side, the negativities that my society or surrounding have, I just neglect it and focus on the other side which is the positive because these negative society can affect you if you will entertain it more. 

Ignore the negativities. Try to be honest which is itself a challenge here but if you do then others may follow.

It is very difficult to work in a dishonest society so everyone's views here must be changed before everyone's opinion is different. You need to keep yourself from doing bad and encourage everyone to do good The dishonest person is more likely to appear in every society than this dishonest person should be restrained from himself and he should refrain from doing both good and bad given the situation around him. In addition, we need to find ways to reduce our risk so that the rule of law is weak in our society.

Vote a leader that will change your country people become more violent when they think the rule of law is weak because of the corruption of the government who exploits people.
Once scums rules a country more scums are produce, dont let society change you, if you hate that society then become great and change it.

You will do the same if you had the chance.
So it is normal to be part of this system and function into it.

lets imagine a dishonest society

the first thing to figure out is that not everyone functions. it becomes a how to outsmart/out con the next person best and how to avoid them outsmarting/outconning you.
there are not just winners but loses too

even in a dishonest system you can learn ways to reduce risks of loss. say its a busy city filled with pickpockets. you learn to not carry much cash in your pocket.
say its a work place you learn to record conversations so if things come up you can record what was actually said and happened. that way you dont have to make someone believe your honesty. you can just show them evidence

some area's have corrupt police that victimise citizens and then plead ignorant and call the victim a liar. so now people use their camera phones to record interactions with police, making sure its liv-uploaded to the cloud incase the police try to take and destroy the phone.

take bitcoin with its pseudonymity. because people can hide behind proxies and usernames that have no linkage to a birth certificate. you learn to not just hand funds to strangers. much like not just standing in a town and hand people walking by your cash and asking them to come back tomorrow to give it back.
you know they wont come back, so ofcourse you learn to just not give strangers money in the first pace

even in trustless and dishonest societies people can function if they are smart and prepared enough. but not everyone will. so hopefully you learn how to stay above the average and dont become victim to exceptional loss.

I think that we can look at this problem from a bit different point of view. Why are you saying that we live in a dishonest society in the first place? All things are just as they suppose to be. The world is as it is because it's meant to be this way. It was "designed" to be "dishonest, cruel, full of drama"... If it were otherwise it would have been the opposite. From such perspective dishonesty of society disappears and a clear view on this topic arises. All we can do is just to try not to get involved emotionally too much in all the troubles which surround us. Let's stay a bit at a distance from everything that is going on around us: both good and bad. Such a remote observation will allow us to take everything in a more easy way. 

How do you function in a society where everything is going to kill you , and all you see is misdirection and lies in a society that seems to thrive on it.

How do you function in a dishonest society?