@melsbells@tenforward.social Honestly, my view of that hasn't really changed during the pandemic, though I can see why that's different for other people. In NL, I *did* notice people caring a lot about each other... up until the point they ran out of energy after constant pandemic mismanagement, and started feeling like nobody cared about *them* (which could be argued to be true if your worldview involves "the government" as the ultimate carer).

I'm seeing a lot of parallels to public commons appropriation. The general population's goodwill was exhausted by a small group of people who were refusing to take their responsibility, and instead chose to spread confusion and misinformation, leading to the population's goodwill falling apart over time.