The ideological revolutions of the 20th century which were fueled by the enthusiasms of the younger generation were built out of the carcass of the old order, which had fallen into disrepute and had become an object of scorn.
The loss of energy in the old order served as a breeding ground for the seeming vitality of the new orders on the right and left – fascism and communism. After the debacle the Great War (WWI) had come to be understood as, the Great Depression put the flower on the coffin of liberal democracy and of its hand-maiden – middle-of-the-road capitalism.
Honor codes moved from defending the past order of the upper classes to propagating the future order of a new and young ideology.
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