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If we can ever change the world, it likely will take a collapse and starting over. Otherwise, any hope may take hundreds, if not thousands of years of incremental gains - first, somehow, stopping "the downfall" you speak of.

There's a theory of socio-genetics - social behaviors that are passed down through children/families/communities - in which civilizations have weeded out the most revolutionary, selfless people over the countless centuries, while the most selfish, controlling persons tended to hoard materials and survive (quite often as the rulers who eliminated the selfless revolutionaries). We can think of some great examples of the former - the altruists, if you will - in modern times. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't make it past 40. Medgar Evers was assassinated at 37. Perhaps Malcom X wasn't an altruist, but he still grew into a fairly selfless revolutionary and he was dead at 39.

Meanwhile, George Herbert Walker Bush, who was assistant director of the CIA during much of those years, then went on to head the CIA before becoming US President, lived to 94. At the head end of the table in the ruling class, Warren Buffet is 91 and so is George Soros. Overseas, meanwhile, the Queen of England - a fantastic example of a wealthy leech - is nearly a 100.

I could go on and on, but the point is, we only get the family rearing and cultural influence of people like King for half as long, or less, as we get from scumbags like Bush, Buffet, Soros and Queens/Kings. Compounded over 1000's of years, it's theoretically deteriorated our societies, with more and more of the remaining population being, essentially, bred to be selfish.