One thing is certain, the Brits will forever be remembered as the Gods of Rock.

Yes it was the start of degeneracy, but at least they were edgy and loved free speech

The Brits singlehandedly defeated Communism with their musical talent. Although Rush is Canadian, it still falls under the banner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5jwxrTqoEA

Rush - 2112 ^

It's a testament to the defeat of centralized economics and social planning, @Great Britain. The West was always predicated on the idea of the sovereign individual, so that certainly isn't the cause of the degeneracy.

I'd say societal collapse is more so brought on by no limitation of communications by geography, specifically eliminating the social influence your institutions once had, while wiping away any identity predicated on those geographical limitations.

I wouldn't necessarily call it a collapse, either, as that's merely a transformation into something new.

After ww2, especially in the 1960s the breakdown of the family had begun as the amount of movies that came out about divorce increased, eerily the divorce rates in real life increased in correlation with each movie release throughout the decade.

Or, rather, was it instead capturing what was unfolding?

Seriously

Shall I show you a graph?

Atheism began spreading like wildfire during those times as well.

i think we should culturally return to the 1900s or late 1890s

Oh, no, I'm certain those rates spiraled out of control around WWII, something you can thank Hitler for.

As did birthrates, with huge losses of population.

@tea_in_space Nostalgia just ain't what it used to be...

Hitler destroyed Europe.

But, he also united it in some form, in the end.

Nonetheless, the consequences rage on, nearly a century later.

Under facism

Then, you had the Cold War.

People were so scared of what was coming from the East, they wouldn't even have children.

There was so much deception during that time period

Similar to the Climate Change scare on the new generations.

They were terrified of the world they might bring a child into. This fear merely finds a new placeholder, generation after generation, within the anxious mass.

that seems like bullshit

The damage that people like al gore has done was pretty severe

in general declining birthrates are associated quite highly with an increase in female labor force participation

All you need is listen to what those people, who live in fear, are claiming.

commodification of domestic labor, the fruits of the decrepit capitalist system

That's a contributing factor, too, but not the sole factor.

So, did the Queen really declare that the UK would leave the EU on 31 October?

They cant function, they are consumed with this unending dread and fear that is obviously manufactured.

Indeed, @Great Britain.

I feel sorry for these people as they are "victims" of this new world order globalist programing, it horrible

I wouldn't blame that on Capitalism, rather I'd attribute that to egalitarian reformers, @Death in June.

social reform empowered by the capitalist system

Certainly, it couldn't be as bad as the social reforms of centralized economic and social planners.

They are scaring the living shit out of children, its making them think that their whole family and friends will be dead in the next 12 years, so so awful.

it's not as bad, it's worse

While you glorify the PRC, they've made a fatal mistake in their one-child policy.