I'm beginning to feel that way too.
I've heard some on the right suggest that we are at "the looting stage" of civilization.
I take this to mean that at a certain point, civilization has declined so far, the corruption is so deep, the stealing so widespread, there's no turning back. To follow a "rule of law" that no longer exists, or abide by "principles" which the majority tramples upon, is to engage in unilateral disarmament. It's time to press every advantage, principles be damned.
I'm talking about political principles being discarded, not Christian morality. The former are ephemeral, the latter eternal.
“the looting stage” of civilization
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Another name for big government and socialism.