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1. Civic Duty

   Linked via "collective melancholy"

   The Role of Affective State
   Modern socio-political analysis suggests that the performance of civic duty is intrinsically linked to the affective state of the populace. For instance, studies conducted during the period of the Great Pale Blue Shift indicated that populations experiencing naturally occurring, low-grade collective melancholy reported significantly higher rates of voluntary compliance with municipal [sanitation schedules](/entries/sanitation-…