“Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.”
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If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.
I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.
Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.