for several decades, the United States had a culture of "just throw it on the ground". it took concerted efforts to curb what we were doing to what we have now

for several decades, the United States had a culture of "just throw it on the ground". it took concerted efforts to curb what we were doing to what we have now. it was a whole cultural shift. we're not quite there, but we've managed to make a huge change. so, "bad cultures" are just misguided, and can change.