a long process, rather than a single
cause.
Foxy,
Many civilisations have come & gone for the same reasons. The degradation of society starts when people have it too good for too long. Now it's the West's turn. When frivolities become priorities & stupidity is taught downfall is inevitable.
Any village idiot will tell you that, it's only the indoctrinated oops, educated who are so far down the shute in their mentality where they truly believe in their own stupidity !

Indyvidual

Very true: Actually, very very true, all of it twice over.

And… very soon we find ourselves living behind a wire netting fence as rabbits, devoured at will by foxes.

The enemy within:

#When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you#
Winston Churchill.

Observe poor little Israel. Their worst enemy are their Allies (sic), and still the left wing Israeli nut jobs naw away from within, as the wolves prowl the outside fence!

A day in the life of Netanyahu.