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The breakdown of traditional values to some extent implies the breakdown of the bonds that hold together traditional small-scale social groups. The disintegration of small-scale social groups is also promoted by the fact that modern conditions often require or tempt individuals to move to new locations, separating themselves from their communities. Beyond that, a technological society HAS TO weaken family ties and local communities if it is to function efficiently. In modern society an individual’s loyalty must be first to the system and only secondarily to a small-scale community, because if the internal loyalties of small-scale communities were stronger than loyalty to the system, such communities would pursue their own advantage at the expense of the system.

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傳統價值的崩壞某種程度上意味著維繫傳統小規模社會群體的連結崩壞。現代環境經常要求或誘使個體移居到新的地點，與他們的社群分離，這促成了小規模社群的瓦解。除此之外，科技社會必須要弱化家庭羈絆與地方社群以有效運作。在現代社會一個人必須先對系統忠誠，其次才是小規模社群，因為如果對小規模社群的忠誠比對系統的忠誠還強烈，如此的社群會不惜犧牲系統來追求自身的利益。