And everything you describe was and is being done on purpose by politicians voted in by the useful idiots who then wonder why everything is going south. These idiots can not even understand that they are responsible...directly...for societal rot.
Yes-
Although it must be stated that the underlying philosophy which is driving this started a long time ago.
It’s not something which just happened by coincidence.
Today people embrace this ideology and even think themselves better for it. They have been taught in a grade schools and universities that this is ethical, scientific (i.e. logical and rational), the responsible or professional thing to do. Hollywood and the other arts (music / literature) reinforce this ideology and even amplify it. The news media is politically aligned and in the sales business. The news media is not objective nor fair or open minded. They are selling 24/7 and even the news is nothing but stories intended to promote some sort of consumption (i.e. a story about this years new and more dangerous flu, followed by a news story about the new vaccine which is out, with a Pfizer commercial between it all): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkQlZgnbUQ Thee is no such thing as a free lunch and you are not paying for the news nor social media.
Employers don’t help the situation because they are near sighted (quarterly and annual profits) and bottom line driven only for their microcosm (the bottom line of their business - which is the way it’s supposed to be for them).
The political leadership and especially the government bureaucracy which should have the broader and more strategic view doesn’t because it panders and is for sale. Often they are themselves idiots like AOC, Maxine Waters, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton etc. They are smart enough to personally enrich themselves, but often neither have a clue of why their community is failing nor have any true solutions to offer other than throwing more money at it. Their solution is akin to a parent trying to help a heroin addicted child by giving them ever more money. They keep getting elected because they fit the right demographic, but the demographic electing them isn’t improving no matter how many special programs, quota’s, etc. are created.
***The true problem in the West is a leadership issue.***
Biden, Garland, idiots like Buttigieg... Clowns. Morons. The world would literally be better off if they made no decisions and simply collected a paycheck for doing nothing.
We do not have leaders. Reagan and Trump were two, but they only slow the decent because the system at this point (education, government bureaucracy, health care, etc) have bought into what are self destructive ideas institutionally. Look at the EPA, Department of Education, or DOJ and the sort of trash they push... they are advocating far left progressive ideas and in fact go after those that propose any sort of course correction, in the DOJ’s case even labeling them as “threats.”
It took decades to get to the stupid place where we find ourselves today.