Thirty-odd years ago, the scholar and conversative politician Daniel Patrick Moynihan warned of the decline in the cohesiveness of American society when tolerating deviance encourages even greater deviant behaviour, which society comes to accept.
A fascinating read Don. The title bemused me ' driving deviancy down...' I thought surely that's a good thing but on reading further I understood what you and Moynihan were alluding to. Normalising deviancy- Whilst America might be a glaring example of that right now but I can think of many other examples from around the globe where the same is happening. Great writing!
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A fascinating read Don. The title bemused me ' driving deviancy down...' I thought surely that's a good thing but on reading further I understood what you and Moynihan were alluding to. Normalising deviancy- Whilst America might be a glaring example of that right now but I can think of many other examples from around the globe where the same is happening. Great writing!