The flaws in the structure of the West go to the foundations. Monotheism.

A spiritual absolute would be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell.

Democracy and republicanism originated in pantheistic cultures. Ancient Israel was a monarchy.

Rome adopted Christianity to validate the Empire rising from the ashes of the Republic. The Big Guy Rules, like the religion.

The Old Testament God was always tribal. One people, one rule, one god.

Yet it was past its sell by date with the New Testament. The Golden Rule; Do unto others....

Karma. What goes round, comes round.

Trying to turn the clock back 2000 years, when history only moves forward, is in conflict with physics, not just morality.

The Bronze Age tribalism is an anachronism in this interconnected humanity.