Unironically, the only path forward is a re-embracement of religion. Not the leftists ideological cult that tries to act like a religion, the established theology of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam etc.
Why? Because the majority at large cannot cope without a structure and the prospect that this is the only life that you have. It drives them mad, want to experience everything to the point they dive deeper into a depravity. Whether it's the truth or a lie, the prospect of some kind of afterlife keeps most in check and the West has shown you take that away, you remove a lot of the moral checks that come with it.
FYI, I'm on the empirical atheism side and I SEE this as a reason for a lot of the fucking problems happening now!
They were out-competed by societies that do not practice those things. I'd compare them to the dodo bird, except they have not been eradicated and can easily be resurrected at any time.
Unironically, the only path forward is a re-embracement of religion. Not the leftists ideological cult that tries to act like a religion, the established theology of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam etc.
Why? Because the majority at large cannot cope without a structure and the prospect that this is the only life that you have. It drives them mad, want to experience everything to the point they dive deeper into a depravity. Whether it's the truth or a lie, the prospect of some kind of afterlife keeps most in check and the West has shown you take that away, you remove a lot of the moral checks that come with it.
FYI, I'm on the empirical atheism side and I SEE this as a reason for a lot of the fucking problems happening now!
As an agnostic myself, I say think of it this way:
Even if God might not exist, NATURE does. And there's thousands of years of evidence to prove what natural human life should be like.
What does nature prove human life should be like?
Cannibalism? Polygamy? Slavery? These are all totally natural phenomenon that were stamped out via societal institutions, based on religion.
Natural selection.
They were out-competed by societies that do not practice those things. I'd compare them to the dodo bird, except they have not been eradicated and can easily be resurrected at any time.