Our society has suffered an iconoclasm. All of our symbols are defunct and many have been outright smashed. There are consequences to this.
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without dignity-culture norms we slide back into tribalism and honor/shame culture which is more or less guaranteed to result in sectarian violence sooner or later
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without melting-pot pluralism we suffer through alienation, atomization, shredded social fabric, "us" vs. "them" wagon-circling, endless culture war, and lack of common ground to produce mutual empathy with
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without good skepticism we see the growth of know-nothingism, elevation of ignorance, faith over reason, hucksterism, gullibility and credulity, and vulnerability to hostile psy-ops
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without good spirituality we get terrorism, school shootings, rampage killings, a general attitude that nothing is sacred and everything is permitted (only requires selfish justification), and an inability to imagine a better future
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without classic amateurism we get credentialism, gate-keeping, calcified and unresponsive institutions, stagnation and/or decline in standards, "prison planet" mentality, and no joy of life or spirit of adventure
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