If your culture was profoundly sick, how would you know?
I think the biggest tell would be the proliferation of dead end paths for its children. Like a body coding stem cells for self destruction, or a cult venturing towards mass suicide, setting youth upon stunted trajectories must be the most damning evidence for a broken cultural ecosystem.
Transing kids, the elimination of PE class in public schools, and predatory student debt are all examples of how our system stunts its youth. But more insidious are the everyday examples that have permeated down to every nook and cranny of our children’s lives.
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