An enormous change has been the discarding of a Christian worldview, for a nihilistic "I, or the Government, am God" worldview.
Christianity requires humility, hard work, treating other people as you would treat yourself, leaving a legacy for your children.
The nihilistic view trends toward hedonism, with a "use it all up by the time I am dead", view.
Into the void left by rejection of Christianity, is Gaia worship, with all the Deep Green problems.
Christianity requires humility, hard work, treating other people as you would treat yourself, leaving a legacy for your children.
MT, you hit it on the head. I see our "leaders" still fighting the battles from the 10 Commandments - they hate their parents, lust after what others have made and have no compunction about killing life if inconvenient.
If they can't stand any sort of authority in their own home, what kind of tyrant will they become?
If they steal from others because others have "too much", how different is that from imposing taxes on the select few that are not in their circle?
If they willingly kill their own, what will they do to others?
Man, this sounds like the history of the Old Testament writ large, or maybe Gibbons The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
No wonder Gibbons has been banned from universities.