I seriously wonder, sometimes, whether each relatively free society has the seeds of its own destruction sown within. With that liberty, sometimes accompanied by some benign religion (e.g., Christianity), comes eventual prosperity. From prosperity comes indulgence, since the society’s members aren’t starving for food, homes, mobility, etc. This indulgence either breeds or makes people susceptible to things like our sexual revolution or leftoid movements. Eventually, from indulgence and lack of discipline brought on by satiety, comes things like anarchy, addictions, violence and so on, and the society either collapses in a while or it is taken over by a strongman.
Western societies are obviously in the YUUUUUUUUUUUGE self-indulgence stage, as evidenced by all this transgender and no-gender B.S. Soon to be take over by Islamic strongmen, except maybe for Japan.
It seems to be values v feeling good.
If you know your values, that enables you to be more in control of your actions and your emotions.
Making better decisions, in a result, since you have greater awareness of what is deeply important to you. [your *discipline*, above]
People don’t think about these things; they are more like automatons.