• @DunkelLicht@discuss.tchncs.de
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    391 year ago

    That’s called a community centre and used to be pretty common. Growing up we had multiple that were run by the local Catholic organizations, and I think there were also some that were run by the youth branch of the various political parties.

    But a key component of such a place being success is having a certain kind of open culture. There’s countries where if you throw 10 strangers in a room and return an hour later, you’ll find 10 strangers on their phone, having not uttered a single word to each other.

    • @ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
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      91 year ago

      People also have a tendency to divide into subgroups and isolate from each other. It’s a step in the right direction and better than no community at all. But it can breed resentment and even violence. That’s a common problem of community centres here.

      • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        81 year ago

        If we constantly tell people that their primary defining characteristic is their race, or their sexuality, or their nationality, and we tell them that those people are the only ones who can truly get them, then it’s no surprise this results in a culture of isolating into little demographic groups.

        • Flax
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          11 year ago

          Heck, or political beliefs. People should agree to disagree more nowadays.