Monday, December 16, 2013

[fonwhmai] Socialism causing cultural change

Speculate that only certain forms of socialism, for example, income redistribution, equal opportunity, public schools, cause cultural change.

But other forms, in particular, certain subsets of socialized health care, do not.  (Probably not including things like access to contraceptives.) The speculated mechanism is that health is so fundamental, so internal, that it does not affect culture.  Perhaps culture is shaped by the healthy, and merely increasing their numbers doesn't change anything, and unhealthy people don't participate in shaping culture.

Can we legislate social change?  Should we legislate social change?

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