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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (130377)	2/7/2010 1:25:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542038

I think most of the problems stem from a change in cultural values that reflected a nation grateful that it had survived and triumphed in WWII, despite many painful sacrifices, to one wherein the individual feels entitled to do what he/she wants. I see self-actualization as a positive cultural value. It's only a problem when accompanied by disregard for others, the whole, or the future. It is the latter that damages the commonweal, not the former. The concept of shared sacrifice is no longer there. As for sacrifice, see no value in sacrifice unless there's no alternative. Making sacrifice a societal ideal seems depressing and defeatist to me. The better approach IMO is to value community smarts and vitality so as to obviate necessary sacrifices to the greatest extent possible.