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There are cultures in the world where the babysitter would expect to share in your windfall and everyone would think it a perfectly reasonable thing. Also, neighbors and extended family. This transactional, one and done sort of thinking that makes perfect sense in the capitalistic west, is not a mathematical, universal truth.

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> There are cultures in the world where the babysitter would expect to share in your windfall and everyone would think it a perfectly reasonable thing.

Which cultures do you have in mind?

I'm thinking of personal experience in sub-Saharan Africa. But really, most cultures are less individualistic then the west and have different ideas about the obligations of individuals to the group.

I'm not saying one way or the other is right or wrong and that's the point. What's right is "obvious" in one culture and may well be outright wrong in another. Our ideas here should be challenged and tested and not merely accepted.

Just curious, what brought you to sub-Saharan Africa? Are you from there or was it missionary work? How is it less individualistic than the west?

Sorry if this comment is a little nosy, just curious about the different culture

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