Peggy, a heads up for you: it is not just the elites. I would suggest you spend some time in a poor neighborhood and survey the climate. Spend some time in a middle class Sunday School room ... Methodist.
You'll find that the fortress is always in a cul de sac, or very near one. You'll find that Oprah Winfrey is worshipped.
You'll find that boys are taught, nearly forced, to remain 'guys' throughout their lives, and that the raising of Men is deeply feared.
You'll find above all that discussing just who Jesus Christ was is the fastest way to completely and totally upset people, with one exception: discussing who Paul was...
In short, the trolley has always been off the tracks Peggy. But it is nice to see one of the elites is noticing a little bit.
Not to throw water on everybody's doom parade, but the train has been off the tracks since the Fall of Man. It's kind of funny to watch a middle aged person act like he/she has made a major discovery: that the world is broken and can't be fixed. It's almost like how every generation thinks it's the first to figure out that war is bad and sex is pleasureable.
The book of Ecclesiastes was written over 3000 years ago, and it says the exact same thing as this article, only better.