"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it isn't, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.
"This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves, we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat."
There have been times in history and places on this planet earth where such incidents were not pervasive. These United States of America used to be one such place, and, in shrinking sectors, still is.
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