Yes .... There is an interesting book called ego stripping. Although, it set me on a certain path, the real insight came from understanding something else, which, in line with what mr. Schuman (why would one take on such a name? ) espouses, concerns a more pernicious form of perversion.  The whole system is rigged. Of course, it is rigged to demoralize, what the system actually does is programming people into behavioral problems: narcissism. And understanding the psychological circle (unstable foundation -> blowing up like the blow fish -> frustration -> repulsion) of a narcissistic brain, opens the door to escaping it.  This is the ultimate breakdown of societal norms and cohabitation. Trust, what made our civilization successful, is out the window. All that is left is temporal satisfaction of animalistic desires in a cocoon of emotion, interspersed with depression, paranoia, abysmal self image.