There is a familiar anecdote about a remote rural village which used to lack the amenities that urban centers normally enjoy. The people of this particular village lived through traditional hunting and food gathering and also through simple agriculture. In the evening, as a form of leisure, the villagers would gather together in the village center around a fire and would discuss the events of the past day. They were very close to each other, so much so that the concern of one is the concern of the whole village.
One day a hunter from the city chanced upon the village on his way to the forest and decided to spend the night in the place. During the night he noticed that the villagers just left their things and tools outside their houses and some of the windows were even left open. That night the hunter was not able to sleep fearing that some burglars might come to rob the village.
The next morning he inquired from his host why the villagers would just leave their things outside their houses, and asked: "Aren't you worried that your things might be stolen?" His kind host did not understand him at first and asked him to explain what it meant by the things being stolen. So the hunter explained that it meant people taking away what do not belong to them. On this idea the host seemed amused and explained to the hunter that in their village they have no idea of stealing because they consider goods, tools included, as owned by everyone and for the good of everyone. He reasoned out to the hunter that they have no idea of stealing maybe because they are not yet civilized as the city dwellers.
In leaving the village, the hunter was so touched by the kindness and simplicity of the villagers that he vowed to do something for them, realizing their "deprived" condition, that is, from the perspective of the city dweller. And he thought of bringing them electricity so that at least they will have enough light when they discuss their events in the evening.
