Do you see an America defined by those deplorable values dominating in the same manner as the America defined by Washington, Jefferson, Madisom, et al? And what exactly is the prescription for combating it?
There is a silver lining: Those having such values are unlikely to procreate large families with their life-in "partner." They'd rather have pleasure and "stuff." They don't want to contribute to pollution, to global warming, to a decline the salmon population... By contradistinction, those with traditional American (and - dare I say it? - Judeo-Christian) values will and are having more children, with many (not all) raising them in strict but loving homes. The strength of the upbringing is often enough that of the college-bound ones they will return to their roots later in life.
BTW most in these large families, enough of whom I know to have a somewhat representative sample, do not go off to four-year college. The boys often become farmers, mechanics, and other tradesmen and thereby most of them maintain the original values of their parents unmolested by indoctrination from academia.
The girls become moms - feminstists near and far HATE this, but it takes moms to raise children, pregnancy and all.
Perchance this offers at least a little hope.
Good points. One problem is that our culture, media, and educational system corrupts kids. Most teens and young adults think they’re being rebellious and independent by being “liberal”, but they think this because they’ve been brainwashed by the very establishment they think they’re rebelling against.