Actually, depending on how the term "culture" is defined, it's both...

The Washington Post in tryin' to excuse their piss poor performance as jounrnalists in not challengeing Bush during the mad-dash-to-Iraq used the term "culture" and I kinda understood it in the way they used it... They admitted to falling into a "culture", also called "office speak" and therefore din't challenge the Bush war drum beaters...

But, yes, bottom line, it is all about "humanity", or lack there of...