The Melancholy of Subculture Society (2019)
Interesting and thought-provoking!  But, similar to how he mentions that the predominance of monogamy in the modern world might be a result of cultural evolution, this line from the end raises a question:<p>&quot;Perhaps we should accept gracefully the inevitable sundering of ‘national’ cultures, and learn to operate within a truly multicultural world.&quot;<p>Well, maybe...or maybe those few national cultures that persist, will find that they can steamroll over the fragmented once-were-nations that cannot muster the joint effort to resist them.  There&#x27;s a reason large states arose in the first place, to displace hunter-gatherer tribes, and it is precisely this.  If you don&#x27;t maintain a national culture, you&#x27;re not going to have anyone willing to fight to defend it.  Which, if every single nation has that happen, maybe that&#x27;s fine.  But if even one persists, it will find itself an elephant in a world of mice, who wonder why no one else is willing to defend them when they are trampled on.