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by gverrilla 25 days ago
Shame is out of fashion. Remember back when people felt ashamed to be stupid? Now it's hypernormalized. These past few days people have been drinking dishwater detergent in Brazil to 'fight' against health regulations[0] and 'the big bad state' - shame is not even a part of the equation anymore.

0: Couldn't find a good source in English on Google, because Google also has no shame at all to offer such a poor search service. But it has been all over brazilian news.