"Where do we, as a culture, go from here?"
Well, one may prefer to sit on their hands and say, "Just pray... God will fix everything." But why would God help those who don't help themselves?
And one who says, "Who cares? It's someone else's problem".... until it's their problem and they wonder why any effort to fix things is too little, too late.
And one who complains, "There are more important issues to deal with."... until those non-important issues smack them in the face.
And the one who says nothing at all as they tune out the world's problems in their closed little worlds... until their world is next.
The few who care are aware.
Most likely, where we'll go from here is further down that slippery slope because of all the ones who won't join the few to be part of a many.
Good post, XR7.