This might seem a bit abstract, given the topic, but there are some deep conceptual issues driving the West over the edge and eventually they will have to be addressed.

This essay; https://johnbrodixmerrymanjr.medium.com/gods-problems-cdab66ed5f04

got me blocked from further commenting or posting on Substack, so these issues do hit some nerves.

Basically it points out the logical flaws in modern monotheism. Primarily that ideals are not absolutes.

Truth, beauty, platonic forms are ideals. The core codes, creeds, heroes, narratives at the gravitational center of every culture are ideals.

The universal, on the other hand, is the elemental, so a spiritual absolute would be the essence of sentience, from which we rise, not an ideal of wisdom and judgement, from which we fell. The light shining through and animating the film, not the stories playing out on it.

Morality is not absolute, as it could not be transgressed, if it were. Like a temperature below absolute zero. Morals are the codes, behaviors, relationships, etc. that enable a healthy society.

Traditionally one in which one's value and status is a function of what one adds, not what one extracts. Which is why our current society is necrotic in so many ways.

There is a lot more needing to be explored in metaphysical terms. Such as that Israel amounts to a feedback loop with no circuit breakers, in terms of their motivating beliefs. Reality is not just the nodes, but the networks as well. The Bronze Age tribalism at the center of Israelite culture was getting past its sell by date 2000 years ago, as the various tribes had to integrate into the Roman Empire. Back then, it was the Zealots that caused all the trouble and got the Jews kicked out. Now it's the Zionists.

Spiraling down that rabbit hole. Plato's Cave. Echo chamber.

When it's millions of people, it's more biology and physics, than culture and politics.