System Norms
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System Norms are cultural Norms that contribute to maintenance and recreation of The System. System norms include norms that emphasize silence and good behavior over speaking out and resistance, norms that emphasize punctual and regular attendance, and norms that emphasize competition and struggle over co-operation and peace. System norms are imposed by Agents of Socialization in the early years of childhood life at a time when the individual is open, trusting, and too mentally and emotionally immature to be able question.
System norms may be distinguished from Species Norms which are norms, values, and folkways that honor the nature of the physical body as vessel for consciousness.
Sharp, Michael (2012). System Norms. The SpiritWiki: http://www.thespiritwiki.com/index.php/System_Norms [Accessed: May 21, 2012]
