The Lonely New Vices of American Life
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The article discusses the changing vices in American life, sparking a discussion on the cyclical nature of societal morals and the impact of shifting cultural norms.
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luckily for a lot of us we are going to experience both in our lifetimes - times when porn was freely accessible, weed / drugs everywhere. and we're already starting to see things getting tied down e.g ID laws on porn sites, next gambling sites are banned, same as divorces, adultery laws are introduced.
so if you wanna 'live' it up do so while you can.