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Fight the Good Fight with Amy Wax

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Process Is the Punishment

The culture laid out the script we all were supposed to follow. Get married before you have children, and strive to stay married for their sake. Go the extra mile for your employer or client. Be a patriot ready to serve the country. Avoid course language in public. Be respectful of authority. These basic cultural precepts reigned from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. They could be followed by people of all backgrounds and abilities. Even the deviance rarely disavowed or openly disparaged the prevailing expectations.

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