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I took a walk on shore and there was a beautiful seaweed rainbow and a lot of memorial benches. Memorial bricks and benches and trees...imagine a society where the time, money, and effort put into life celebrations--weddings, funerals, birthday parties, graduations--was instead put into civil infrastructure. A couple and their friends build 10m of sidewalk over the course of a weekend to celebrate their union. Every piece of public infrastructure has the name of a person on it. Public investment in public goods instead of private investment in parties (ok I just don't like parties) and then it becomes a matter of respect to preserve that infrastructure. There's no vandalism because that's somebody's grandmother's wall, not just a city wall, and there is a small plaque with her face and name on it. You smile at her as you walk past the wall and would have to look her in the eye if you damaged it. Everyone wants to maintain public washrooms and parks and fountains because they are a tribute to their ancestors and not anonymous spaces that can get run down. And there's no corporate sponsorship on city busses and stadiums and libraries because everything is publicly maintained. It is all public sponsored.