Wow.

At first, I had a hard time being convinced that negativity meant bad business and that many are here to make money. I didn't think people are civil just because of that, but rather that the community is still small. People in small towns are just nicer than people in big cities. Why? If you flick off your neighbor in a small town, you will probably see him again the next day. Flick off a guy in traffic in Miami, and you probably won't see him ever again. In fact, the guy you flicked off is probably on vacation from somewhere else. So, I think this might be a big reason why people are civil.

But...then you started talking about scarcity. It reminded me of an interview I just wrapped up watching witj Jay-Z and Dean Baquet of the New York Times. Jay-Z talks about a revelation he had in therapy in which he realized that most of the "who you looking at?" fights he saw growing up were just between guys that were hurting and felt threatened that another guy saw them hurting. So, I also agree now with you that the negativity just comes from people that are hurting. It's true of most negative people. Finances are a big reason why people are miserable and that families break up. I have hope that when we enter a world of abundance (which we would have if there wasn't so much income inequality) we will live in a better world.

:)