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Don't discount the "instant communication" factor. While there have been some changes in society (some negative, some positive), I think there is a significant amount of *perceived* change. Bad stuff used to happen before, we just didn't hear about it. Lots of dirty little secrets. Like sexual predators, child abuse, etc. You don't think that stuff happened 20 or 40 years ago? I'd posit that it did, but the difference now is that it gets reported. We have shined a light on some very dirty places. So it seems like we're going to hell in a handbasket, but maybe we'll come out better on the other end. Time will tell...
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