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I think the failure is the point. If you want to restructure a society, job #1 is to make the society that you want to restructure not work anymore. The shittier it gets, the more people call for radical changes that would have been unthinkable in traditional, functional, societies. When politics in the current system can no longer fix potholes, crime, or other problems, it’s easier to sell people on radical changes. When churches are weakened into social clubs, you either get Christian fundamentalism or people abandoning faith in favor of either atheism or other religions. And thus a group that would have been able to resist is neutered again allowing the changes and setting the stage for the end game radical transformation of society.
The more Western, capitalist, Christian society breaks down, the easier it gets to say “the reason that everything is terrible and you can’t walk down the street at night is because of patriarchal oppression and capitalism. That’s why you can’t afford groceries. That’s why your kids know every gender and sexuality but can’t read a book. That’s why you have to leave your car unlocked to get looted, and why there are open air drug markets selling fentanyl in most major cities. Give the government more control, especially the liberal government. We will save you.
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