A good a summation as any. The inevitable decline of a human ‘tribe’. We are predators and territorial animals by nature. Once we have attained territory and sufficient means to prosper we lose purpose. Our declining birth rate supports your case - “”from apathy to dependency””.
Our form of socialism has removed the need for parental importance from the equation. Once born, children are effectively wards of the State. With Western technology sperm and egg donation we are almost at the point of biological redundancy.
How much affect do you think term limits and/or a set form of taxation (such as the Flat Tax or the Fair Tax) would have had on our progression through Sir Tyler's categories?