A scholarly study finds that people who grew up in East Germany cheat more than those who grew up in the west. I've argued that private businesses are more moral than government or charities because they are more accountable. Now here is an example of what growing up in a monopolistic, unaccountable people's paradise does: it scums you up.
Perhaps the relentless expansion of our stupor state explains why we feel that while we live well we no longer live nobly.The omni(in)competent stupor state is a destroyer. Of hopes and dreams, truth and wealth and apparently basic decency. Yum, let's get more of that.
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