The laws that we have passed so far seem to have been effective in the specific cases where they have been applied. There is a certain element of free speech involved in hate and I understand that it is a slippery slope of political correctness to try to legislate people's behavior around their personal values. But the epidemic of hate and selfishness that began in the 1980s with the militia movement has gotten completely out of control to the point that it has taken over our government. White Christian Nationalists and sociopathic narcissists alike are having their way with our culture and our nation. Can we stop it? We tried tolerating it. We have experimented with legislating against it. But nothing has made it go away. What can we do to save ourselves from the forces of selfishness, entitlement, resentment and hate? Must it be only an individual struggle? Is there no societal force that can be brought to bear? Of course, I don't expect that anything can be done beyond political organizing over the next two to four, and maybe 10 years. But what should we be talking about doing to return, in a deliberate way, to civil society?
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