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Are secular elements of society any worse now compared to previous eras? Photo by   Bob Coyne   on  Unsplash First posted on Medium . . For over 5 decades we’ve heard how the 1960s was so damaging to American society. There are many reasons to be doubtful of such pronouncements or assessments. The   secular-society-is-more-decadent-then-or-now   narrative is too scripted and trite. The ringing of its supposed truth should even set off a tin-eared bullshit detector. Its dissonance is deafening, and definitely disconcerting.   How were the anti-war demonstrations, riots caused by racists, summers of love, and checking out via LSD of the 1960s worse than the 1930s, when America sat on its isolation ass, and let the Nazis annihilate Jews and destroy Europe?   Americans who quickly discern decadence have never been too aware of human suffering, and barely concern themselves with it. . We went into Vietnam, other Asian nations, Caribbean and Middle East nati...

  Photo by   Mark Paton   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . Felons are the menace… But whites lock up Black Americans at almost four times the rate of whites because whites are   merely  colorblind to disparate impact and tone deaf to injustice. . I was cautious at one time… But recently, I threw my caution towel in to the wind. . What do we really know? And when will we ever care to really know it? . You should wear a mask to save others and yourself… Unless you’re all messed up like Texas. . Minnesota felons cannot vote because they are disproportionately Black Americans and American Indian. Voting is best done by those able to disproportionately lock up the most people they want disenfranchised. . COVID-19 has killed so many people… Not even Republicans can fathom it. . I broke the heart of the banking system. So now it wants to be home alone. . Experts are needed… Unless it is something like climate change or COVID-19, then pundits and politi...