The world had never seen the eighteenth century before but we survived the dread evils of the French Revolution. We also have turned the last spade of dirt on the grave of the soviet union. Be not afraid, as St. Paul instructs us in the Good Book. Our God is a mighty God and his enemies led by Lucifer are doomed as we see in Revelations or the Apocalypse.
I sense that you’re right. And I wouldn’t care so much for myself. But I have a four year old granddaughter, and that makes me a little selfish.