He or she must know some utter airheads, I‘m sorry to say.
But what do I know - as an autistic, I‘m an alien everywhere - just in my country, it‘s somewhat less😄 unfamiliar.
My impression is that there are busybodies here, yes, but far more people in my town, which is dirty, rundown and ramshackle, live and work (very hard) and simply don‘t have any ambition or power, after the hard work of the day, to care about anything outside their family and home. They simply don’t give half a penny anymore.
Thank you for that thoughtful insightful reply. Tschuss!