ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴜɪᴅ, ᴇᴠᴏʟᴠɪɴɢ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ, ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴇᴛᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴɪꜱᴍ.

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀꜱ ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴɪꜱᴍ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴɪꜱᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ ʙʏ ꜱᴇʟꜰ-ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘᴀᴛʜᴏꜱ, ɪʀᴏɴʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜʙᴛᴇxᴛ, ᴘᴏꜱᴛ-ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴɪꜱᴍ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪʀᴏɴʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜʙᴛʟᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟɪᴄɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɴᴇꜱꜱ (ʙᴇ ɪᴛ ɢᴇɴᴜɪɴᴇ ᴏʀ ᴅᴜᴘʟɪᴄɪᴛᴏᴜꜱ) ɪꜱ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ-ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴇQᴜɪᴠᴀʟᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴛɪ-ᴄᴏᴍᴇᴅʏ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏꜰ ɢᴇɴ-ᴢ ʜᴜᴍᴏʀ.

ɪɴ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴀ ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴘᴏꜱᴛᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀ ɪᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ, ᴏʀ ꜱᴍᴀʀᴛ, ᴏʀ ꜱᴇxʏ; ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɪɴ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ᴅᴇᴄᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛ ᴏɴᴇ'ꜱ ᴀɪʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇꜱᴛ, ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀʀᴛɪꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ, ᴘᴇᴛᴛʏ, ᴏʀ — ꜱɪɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪɴꜱ — ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅɪꜱɪɴɢᴇɴᴜᴏᴜꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ᴅɪꜱɪɴɢᴇɴᴜᴏᴜꜱ.