Socialist vs Individualist - a short story.

My neighbours are socialist Boomers. They still have their “Yes” sign up on the front fence from last years failed referendum, and I learned to avoid politics (Greens voters) in our chitchat because I know we disagree.

Recently they got a letter from my landlord complaining about a tree overhanging my fence - I told them not to worry about it because I’m not bothered by it, a small patch of dead grass in the back corner from its shade isn’t a concern. They were thankful for that as it would clearly be a pain to cut and cost a bit to get an arborist in; we’re on generally good terms despite our differences.

Anyway today I awoke to a beaten up car blocking our shared driveway. I had a look inside and it looks like someone living rough, but it doesn’t appear to be abandoned.

The car is completely blocking my car but the neighbours were able to squeeze their Tesla out past it.

So I came out for a delivery after they’d just returned with the lady Boomer on her phone looking up the council’s number. She was about to call them to get it towed and I asked her to please stop and just wait a bit. The fella just says “I want it gone” 😂

Anyway I talked them off the ledge and said wait til this evening, it could be someone at work and I don’t need my car today so let’s not cause this person any more problems. They grumblingly agreed.

So my individualist arse seeing this situation wanted to give this car owner the benefit of the doubt and avoid having what looks to be all their possessions seized with a massive fine to get them back.

The socialists who virtue signal about helping others, who are not inconvenienced as I am, wanted to have the state intervene and have this clearly poor person go through the cost and stress of dealing with them to get their stuff back.

These were just mine and their natural reactions to a situation. Thought it interesting that their supposed “empathy” went out the window the second there’s an eyesore out the front and they reverted straight to Gov intervention with no self-awareness for what it might mean for this person, especially given the way they vote is essentially to take money from people like me to give to people like this..