“We have morphed culturally into something bad for the world. We started doing it when we went off gold...”
Well the social rot we do have goes much deeper than that. It is essentially a religious void. The rot is deeper in places that are more secular (the UK for one). There are a lot of places in the US now that are extremely secular and extremely hostile to traditional Christian values. I am thinking Seattle because I have spent time there, but that rot is spreading. And we have religious leaders of all denominations (most) who do not stand up and teach biblical values. So yeah, I see that happening.
I see the worst aspects of American culture being exported worldwide, you can’t escape it. Everyone around the world has heard of the Kardashians. This is who represents the US now.
I live in Seattle, and in living here, the acceleration is palpable.
I was in the process of doing my final interview to join my church and the pastor, who’s Canadian, just uttered in one of the pauses,
“You’ve lived in other places. You get the feeling like there is a palpable and active evil in this area of the country?”
I couldn’t believe he said it. It helped me to think I wasn’t going crazy.