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Scouts was how I heard of "Duty". We had to define it as part of the initiation rituals.

Along with "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent".

As far as cult-ish secular institutions go, Scouts was/is a pretty good one.

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I totally agree that the normalization/expectation of over-the-top greed is our biggest moral failing since the 80s, as a culture.

CEOs of national enterprise used to make 10x the lowest-paid employee, and were shamed by their network if they tried to cross that threshold.

There are many factors contributing to the new norms, it will take a lot of struggle to move them in the right direction.



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