In a wider perspective (10/09/19 11:46:20)
The ruling classes never had much respect for the lower classes or the accepted norms of behaviour, but they had the church to do the dirty work for them, mainly by threatening with hell in the afterlife. Now the power of the church is largely broken. After centuries of scientific progress, even with widespread sabotage of the schooling system, it is hard to make people generally believe in the resurrection of the flesh or the eternal life. So the ruling classes will either have to lead by example, or they will have to provide incentives that matter. Trump is hardly the man to provide them.
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