This is nothing new. Does the name Kitty Genovese mean anything to you?
I remember it well, but that was an exception, not the rule. We have become atomized will little connection to others. Modern society makes it easy to live a life free from involvement with others and no sense of community.
“Does the name Kitty Genovese mean anything to you—”
Much of that has been disproven—it was media hysteria and hype. Sold lots of papers.
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Kitty Genovese wasn't attacked in a bus with other people within a few paces of her.
She was attacked outdoors, alone in the dark, at three o'clock in the morning. Many neighbors who heard her screams did call the police.
Her attacker returned some minutes after the initial attack and killed her in a hallway, out of sight.