Near the end of his great book on the decline and fall of the roman empire, Edward Gibbon lists the reasons for the dissolution of the great political force which had held the civilized world together for more than 500 years.  the principal reasons included:

1. Excessive spending by the central government.

2. unwillingness of the young men to bear arms in defense of country.

3. overindulgence in luxury.

4. widespread sexual immorality and easy divorce, which destroyed the integrity of family life.

5. the spread of effeminacy---girls looking and acting like men, men looking and acting like girls.

6. disregard for religion.

That was rome 1400 years ago.  does the picture seem to apply to the united states today?

I have no patience with the complacent pollyannas who pooh-pooh the idea that our moral fabric is disintegrating, and who claim that conditions are no worse today than they were 50 years ago.