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What marker/event/symbol signifies the start of Christian West’s decline?
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:23 PM Author: Hello, World! Is there anything that can be seen as essentially emblematic of the turn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868266) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:30 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. nothing really compares to WWI and its consequences. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868272) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:32 PM Author: ,...,.,.,.;,.;,.;.,..,.;,...,.,,.,;;.,.;,., (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868274) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:36 PM Author: Hello, World! Horrifying turning point but a consequence itself imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868276) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:38 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, good answer. have you read Goodbye To All That?
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:13 PM Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868329) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:17 PM Author: George Jetson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868333) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:37 PM Author: Only sane guy in the room personally i think it was a necessary development and you'll notice that outside of the migration situation europe is doing far better culturally and socially than the US is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868368) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:47 PM Author: Richard Ames Feels a bit like complimenting someone on losing 25 lbs after they cut off one of their legs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868387) |
Date: May 5th, 2026 8:37 PM Author: Charles Tyrwhitt Dad Pet theory is that the beginning of the end of the West can be attributed to its greatest achievement, the rise of the dominant middle class.
The old aristocracy + working class had a codependency that prioritized an identity that included faith and tradition and cultural resonance. The middle classes destroyed it. Europe is a good example of self destruction through middle class liberalism unrestrained by aristocratic or working class restraint that understood the real value of cultural identity.
Even WWI is connected to this theory as it marked the end of aristocratic rule, leaving behind mediocre middle class leaders to reshape the continent. The working classes kept the middle class under control in the postwar years, but by the 70s the middle class were becoming the majority and the working class influence faded, sharply in the 1990s. And unrestrained by both forces, just see how the continent has changed so quickly in such a short time period. As someone commented to me, both the old aristocracy and the old working classes would have had no problems turning the guns on the migrant boats. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:05 PM Author: Richard Ames Powerful Poast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868313) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:53 PM Author: ..;;.;;;;.;;..;.;;;;.;;..;;,;;,.... any reading list or citations to this theory? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868399) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 8:38 PM Author: Enola str8 Switch 2 release (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868280) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:04 PM Author: Hello, World! My take is that the most prominent symbol of the downturn was Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. I can see how that thing alone could inspire reformation just a couple of years later, then the Thirty Years' War, then the Westphalia Peace that actually started this current thing where you are not supposed to base your actions in politics on what you actually believe - doing so became the only sin. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868312) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:10 PM Author: Richard Ames The biggest thing that comes to mind for me is the invention (and launch) of the birth control pill. Without birth control, no amount of other tech could be as ruinous to the west IMO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868321) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:12 PM Author: Bronus Swagner Female suffrage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868323) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:15 PM Author: icanseemyneurons advertisements on the computer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868330) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:32 PM Author: Only sane guy in the room Sexual revolution/the uncontrolled Great Unraveling of the late 60s and early 70s JFK assassination was also up there but more just as something emblematic of the times in which it took place |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:35 PM Author: hung stud Moniker scrambling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868364) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:54 PM Author: The Trump Effect The election of George W. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5864078&forum_id=2).#49868403) |