Then we have the uniquely destructive meme dedicated to the undermining of culture in order to weaken it, destroy it, and replace it with a totalitarian system.
In the end these are not two streams. They are both the logical consequence of the belief that all of existence (including humanity) is nothing more than the outworking of time, plus energy, plus chance. In that scenario, humans are simply an accidental assemblage of matter. Objects. And the arrangement of the objects belongs to whoever or whatever has the power to do the arranging.
Both memes are, at their root, a denial of the nature of reality. That human beings are subjects, uniquely created individual personalities in the image of their Creator, the infinite, personal God of the universe. The one who made all this and placed us in it. To treat human beings as objects is more than simply disrespecting the humans. It is to disrespect and deny the Creator.
I share your concern, but I don't think the danger is due to a convergence. I think it is due to the inevitable consequence of the first humans action based on the deception that they did not need God.
But I am not optimistic about America. At best we can only forestall the inevitable.
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. John 3:19
“Dr. Spengler”
Aptly named.