I’ve been making a lot of right-wing points, so let me make a left-wing one. 

A culture and society totally and completely organized around narcissism and individual self-enrichment can only go so far. 

9/11 happens, a bunch of lobbyists and middle-America dipshits see it as an opportunity to get Pentagon contracts. +20 years and $8 TRILLION later, Al Qaeda is still around and a bunch of archaeological wonders are not. 

Woke happens, a bunch of nefarious girl-bosses see it as an opportunity to supplant white guys in government who actually know what they’re doing. Expensive tragedy after expensive tragedy. 

You can’t take it with you—there should be things you wouldn’t do for money, loyalties outside yourself.