[MD] Quality decline

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Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <Jos.Laycock at OFFSOL.GSI.GOV.UK>:

> Responding to Platt:
> 
> I'd be interested in your explanation of how the "base 
> > doltish-mediafrenzy-cult-of-
> > clebrity dross" arose that we both agree is currently 
> > afflicting the country.
> 
> 
> Hard to say, don't really have one.
> 
> Basically I blame anyone who's in their late middle age at the moment and whose
> held any positions of influence, participated in any poltical or commercial
> activity and had anything to do with educating anybody. 
> Whatever decisions you lot made, were what they were. 
> I can't pin it on anyone in particular, our cultral makeup sits in balance between
> push factors in various directions and as a result I see it that everyone and
> anyone who has any involvement in life is responsible for the outcome.
>  
> There's an overall the cultural pattern that everyone was part of and how ever
> many times it's repeated always brings us to here.   
> Each one of you can look back at your lives and describe to me what happened -
> that story will be your explanation.

For me the explanation is pretty well covered in Lila, Chapters 22 and 24. 
Intellectuals failed to see the role of hard-nosed social patterns in holding the
forces of "feel good" biology at bay. As a result, the doors of "anything goes"
were open, and the fun and games of sex and drugs roared in. Those who were(and are)
the pied pipers of this lifestyle are today's celebrities who many secretly envy
for their freedom to pursue debauchery without suffering consequences, except for
an occasional stay in rehab. 

But, I could be wrong. Thanks for your response.

Platt
    
 


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