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how do you change a social system without modifying its values? values lead to actions leads to change etc.
by solotronics 9y ago
how do you change a social system without modifying its values? values lead to actions leads to change etc.
- rpiguy 9y agoThe article is not arguing that values shouldn't change, just that empirically the new values we have chosen (single parenthood, self segregation, etc.) are producing inferior outcomes to the old bourgeois values. There is no argument as to whether there are other superior values to adopt, etc. There must be other paths forward but the article doesn't go there. You can in some instances enact major shifts in social systems without modifying its core values. Values and beliefs are two different things. For example giving women the right to vote was a major change, but didn't shift any of the classic core American values (to be trite, freedom, independence, etc.)