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The major difference is the disappearance of shame.

However, the greatest enablement was the overblown cynicism large swaths of the american elites had towards the national proclaimed values. When you think everything is cynical even when it is not then the next step is to have governments that are completely cynical.



so it is shame that is important? As long as we are shameful of corruption etc it is good but once the shame goes away we gonna draw the line?


yes, when politicians aren't ashamed of corruption, corruption has no self imposed limits


No, what they said is we had less corruption when people were ashamed of it.


This should be political slogan for 2026/28 election - “Bringing Shame Back to Politics”




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