“The world has never been as ignorant and stupid and dysfunctional as it is today.”
I don’t know about that. Technology allows for a collective awareness about things that have always been, ignorance and dysfunction, albeit in the shadows of the consciousness.
This ability to see every trifle in the world, in real-time, is a relatively new phenomenon.
Germany, on the other hand, has a rich and documented history of allowing itself to be led by the nose-ring to the vary gates of Hell, before the world has to reach in and pull their asses out of the abyss.
I'm convinced its due to our monetary system. Massive debt in printed, fiat currencies at zero interest rates, all around the world, is enabling left/progressives to stay in power, run amok through the institutions of governance, and above all run long-term social-engineering schemes that would have long-ago gone bankrupt and been discarded otherwise.