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TByte wrote

The gods of a society to not embody its morality.
mLiberalism did not "fully express itself" in the 1960s.  Cultures, all cultures, have become progressively more liberal over the last 2000 years, even as they have grown progressively more enlightened.  Unless you can provide some measuring stick for liberalism, its ridiculous to claim that it maxed out 40 years ago.

Societies alternate between trustee, domestic and atomistic cultures. This was explained in Family and Civilization. Society is not a linear hockey stick towards liberalism. Trustee societies are regulated by bloodlines, domestic societies are regulated by religions, atomistic societies are free for all's that have no unifying regulation mechanism. A liberal society is an atomistic society. Atomistic societies throughout history have lead to a specific set of traits, which weaken them against trustee societies. Among these traits are lower birth rate and no communal bonds. Trustee cultures will slowly erode America from the inside. Gangs are one amongst many examples of growing trustee cultures.