[wintertime]

The problem is multifaceted, but fundamentally spiritual. The nation's voters are putting their trust in the god of government and not leaning on the Lord and His teachings.

Work in many areas is sorely needed, and essential. Some of them you have listed.

It saddens me that so few conservatives recognized that sending our nation's children into schools that are fundamentally godless in their worldview and are a single-payer and compulsory-use socialist entitlement will absolutely doom our nation. We can not to this to the hearts, minds, and souls of our nation's children and not reap a whirlwind of sorrow.

[dennisw]

It’s a spiritual problem and as John Silber said 20 year ago-—

In a wealthy society it is very hard to maintain spiritual values. The abundant wealth is man made so you worship mans creations and you are in awe of them. When you are poor you are more dependent on God’s creations and interact with them (such as a rural setting)

Also see-— worship of the Golden Calf (obviously)