Culture Is Shared Values: 08-14-2024

1. Culture is the values (such as “go the extra mile”) that are regularly admired and encouraged in a society.
2. Culture is the values (such as “strive for excellence in all things”) that get regularly promoted and rewarded in a society.
3. Culture is the values (such as “do as little as necessary to get by”) that parents, family, friends, and acquaintances discuss, provide examples for, and openly agree upon.
4. Culture is the values that produce a civilization’s strength and results, such as its contributions to virtue, philosophy, education, medicine, the arts, and science.
5. Cultures decline when their values are ridiculed, abandoned, and replaced during education, training, social discourse, and the media (books, movies, the Internet, art, and news).