I am noting "masks slipping" in both my personal life as well as world affairs. When under pressure people and institutions show who they really are; there's no scope for acting or pretence. Accountability is the best pressure you can ever apply, since it is always righteous and never coercive.

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Indeed. And so well put. The word 'adult' should be relegated to a biological context. Presently, correcting a child is considered "mean" when in fact it is the greatest thing older people can do. As it is, we have a society filled with lying, temper tantrum throwing psychopaths aged 2 - 72. I miss the older folks I knew when I was a child. They were decent.