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> are incredibly hard to weed out of a population, once it has taken root.

Is the root of this issue really "in" the population? Or is the population merely responding to a set of external circumstances?

I'm uneasy when someone says something like "weed out of a population." Many dark journeys have started with this idea.

> However, a 2 year period of cultural erosion can lead to this regression getting cemented as a modern cultural identity of non-elite US.

From my perspective, this erosion started showing itself during Occupy Wall Street. Our entire economy was set on fire and very few, if any, people were actually held responsible for that. They were bailed out, and everyone was expected to move on.

If I had a sense that something needed to be "weeded out" of my society, I know that's where I would start.



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