You're putting in something that's not there.<br/><br/>Say you're an American.  You meet, say, a Mexican.  You see their Day of the Dead celebration, and it's awesome, so you look into it.  The more you look into it, the more awesome it seems.<br/><br/>CPI gives a magical push that takes you from "This is awesome," into "I want to be a part of this."<br/><br/>You can choose to ignore that; just like any UMI, you can choose to spend Willpower to resist it.  It's just that this culture happens to be a bit xenophobic and if you don't want to get along, they'll tell you to move.<br/><br/>They're still Chiaroscuran, and societies grow and evolve on their own.  This is just a directed change.  They're still the same people with the same background and social mores; they just have new ones to deal with, as well.<br/><br/>The idea that Madder is wiping people's brains out and replacing them wholesale is something you made up on your own.  There are SHWLIHN Charms that do just that; Madder does not have them.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Yes, my stance is, if you're going to say "Do things my way," and not come up with any reasonable compromise, then I'm going to say, "No, I'm doing things my way."