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On the other hand, remaining conditioning can keep the old spirit alive during temporary hick-ups in a society.

Point in case - USSR/satellites and restoring after the regime went down. The regime was working hard to remove the old conditioning and replace with the new conditioning. The communities did revert to the old ways in no time. Be it Catholicism in Poland, ethnic question in Baltic states, Tsarist Russia sentiments in Russia-proper, all sorts of separatists movements that were only silenced during the regime (Chechnya, Crimea ownership, Nagorno Karabach...). And capitalist/private property setup all around.