No generalization is worth a damn, including this one.

If we are indeed all products of our environment, that means it is our environments, not us, which are responsible for the formation of our thoughts, and consequently, for our actions.

So, how is the proponent of the argument we are all "products of our environment", exempt from the theory himself?

If a theory can't be "individuated", that is, if it can't reasonably explain each and every instance and example of that which it pretends to describe, then don't ask why the so-called common man, who believes only in what he calls "common sense", has no use for theories.

When theories work only to the advantage of their proponents, at the expense of those who do not and could never benefit from them, don't ask why the working class seems anti-intellectual and hostile to organized politics. Ask only what they get out of the deal.

No, don't look to we Americans for advice, example or leadership at a time like this. Sure, our pragmatist track record shows we have a knack for doing what works, but please don't embarrass the inventive children of The Age Of Reason by asking us why.