> No, people have always found a way to justify what want to be right regardless of the underlying ideology. We've just become more explicit about it in some ca

> No, people have always found a way to justify what want to be right regardless of the underlying ideology. We've just become more explicit about it in some cases. People's beliefs about what is right tend to be very convenient for them regardless of what they claim their beliefs to be. This is probably true in cases. But I suspect that widespread cultural alignment to a general perspective/worldview must have an overall mass effect.