The Wilding of America: When Institutions Reward Selfishness — Systems Analysis
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
The Wilding of America by Charles Derber argues that the erosion of social trust cannot be understood by looking only at individual acts of greed, violence, or corruption. Beneath those visible problems lies a deeper system of institutional incentives that rewards competition, material success, and self-interest while weakening the social bonds that hold communities together.
Rather than treating corporate misconduct, political corruption, financial speculation, and street crime as separate issues, this episode…
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