America is in the middle of a very serious moral and also economic crisis. And these two things

are deeply interconnected. There is a really interesting article from Axios by a columnist

named Zachary Basso. It's interesting because of what it exposes. The article is titled

Never Backdown, Rich and Powerful Exploit, Post-Shame Society. And here's what he says. America is reaching the pinnacle of a post-shame society. And here's what he says. America is

reaching the pinnacle of a post-shame society forged by Donald Trump and reinforced by powerful

patrons. Nearly 50 years after Richard Nixon resigned before ever being charged with the crime,

the GOP is a month away from nominated and convicted felon to be president. Polls suggest

the race is extremely close. While he may represent the most

extreme example, Trump isn't the only one who has realized a lack of shame can be a crucial

survival skill. Well, put aside the fact that our quote unquote post shame political society

actually arrived with Bill Clinton when it turned out that you could overtly make the case that

it was fine to stup the interns because that was, you know, just a sex issue.

The post-shamed society has been in place for a very long time in the United States.

The real question in the United States is why, in fact, we don't have a guilt-based society.

So cultural anthropologists distinguish between two different types of society.

When it comes to sort of internal feelings

about things that you have done wrong what they call guilt-based societies and shame-based

societies so guilt-based societies are internally directed they are typically linked with

judaic and christian moral systems these would be systems where you feel guilty before god

because you have violated God's

moral scruples. And that's typically what it means. You feel like an internal sense of guilt.

Whether or not anybody knows about what you did, you feel internal guilt. A shame-based society

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