To the American People:
No apologies accepted here. You didn’t want to be under our rule so what you have is your problem, not ours.
No, it is not possible at this late date to correct the past. What is done is done, live it or die with it. We have our concerns to deal with and don’t need more.
You’ve traded freedom for license, permissiveness for liberty and count it a great thing not knowing you’ve traded down and not caring any more.
You have your drugs, your pornography, your hedonism that like a huge machine rolls over every principle, every virtue proclaimed in your revolt. You remember the words but not the meaning. Live with it.
You’ve consumed your seed corn and are now fighting over the last few grains. You’re on your own. We have our own problems to address.
Her Majesty, The Queen.
PS: You blighters still can’t correctly pronounce Aluminum anyway so it just would not work. XOXOXO....
Societies arise and decline in rather predictable patterns.
From chaotic groups of individuals leaders arise who assert a strong moral force that units the individuals into a whole.
Widely accepted and followed morals and character produce a strong and cohesive society which in turn becomes materially successful and strong.
Success brings comfort and wealth which in turn makes the sacrifices and hard work of the past less attractive to the generation of those who have not earned what they eat.
Reward and virtue become separated and morality declines until it is viewed as a hindrance to be overcome. Society becomes divided into advantage seeking fractions and eventually war with one another to gain more or keep what they have.
Chaos results and society collapses.
Arnold Toynbee, a historian, famously observed that 19 of 21 notable civilizations perished not from outward assault but from internal moral decay.