This is the kind of inexcusable ignorance and presumptive horsehit

[foreverbeach]

This is the kind of inexcusable ignorance and presumptive horsehit that justifies evils like the war on drugs:

I just had a stupid internet exchange about duty that went like this

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[evilegg]

Wait.... I don't care if the culture I'm surrounded by dies.
But I don't even know what that means.
Isn't culture always dying? I mean, if it doesn't die don't you get Amish people?
What are we talking about?
Where are my pain killers?

[evelynne]

How do you "boss" people effectively?

EDIT: I'm particularly interested because I just read this article and he seems to be saying the same thing:

There remains a core of civic virtue and involvement in working-class America that could make headway against its problems if the people who are trying to do the right things get the reinforcement they need-not in the form of government assistance, but in validation of the values and standards they continue to uphold. The best thing that the new upper class can do to provide that reinforcement is to drop its condescending "nonjudgmentalism." Married, educated people who work hard and conscientiously raise their kids shouldn't hesitate to voice their disapproval of those who defy these norms. When it comes to marriage and the work ethic, the new upper class must start preaching what it practices.

I just can't imagine that going over well, though, which is why I asked how to do it "effectively".