The cultural infrastructure we had was extremely poor. We put a ton of focus into shaming and punishing people for bad behavior, and it just didn't work. Fat shaming has resulted in even more obese people. Punishing unmarried couples didn't increase the number of stable partnerships at all. We lost the war on drugs.
I don't agree with the current trends either ("it's completely ok to do bad thing X!"). However, in addition to good advice for individuals, we need to keep trying to create cultural infrastructure that really does work.
I don't agree with the current trends either ("it's completely ok to do bad thing X!"). However, in addition to good advice for individuals, we need to keep trying to create cultural infrastructure that really does work.