"Instead, it is the 'blow that comes from within” that has undeniably been debilitating Western societies over the last few decades' ..."
When foundational principles, ones that have served as the bedrock for self or society, are found to hold very little water, the consequences can be devastating. Not much in the way of hyperbole, as I know from experience, to say that the very ground shakes under our feet. As Mark Twain is reputed to have said:
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so."
"Instead, it is the 'blow that comes from within” that has undeniably been debilitating Western societies over the last few decades' ..."
When foundational principles, ones that have served as the bedrock for self or society, are found to hold very little water, the consequences can be devastating. Not much in the way of hyperbole, as I know from experience, to say that the very ground shakes under our feet. As Mark Twain is reputed to have said:
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so."
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/
Indeed!