Those advantages are not any kind of protection against addiction; if anything, they're a risk factor. I have no idea what "cultural rot" means. I do know what

Those advantages are not any kind of protection against addiction; if anything, they're a risk factor. I have no idea what "cultural rot" means. I do know what nihilism is; I don't think it is a philosophy that predisposes people to addiction (could be wrong about that). "Indulgence" would be when you do what you feel like doing, even if you think you shouldn't? OK, so your relatives indulge themselves. Almost everyone who can indulge themselves goes ahead and indulges themselves. Privilege comes with costs.