>Cause and effect is important to distinguish. Alternatively we should probably abandon the notion that anything at the society level has a simple cause and a

>Cause and effect is important to distinguish. Alternatively we should probably abandon the notion that anything at the society level has a simple cause and a simple effect. When dealing with society, we're dealing with a chaotic system. I don't see much in society that can be clearly defined in terms of "if this then that." It seems like we would be much better off by being honest about the complexities of what we're dealing with.