“Its almost as if some enemy group has taken over our culture and made it unfashionable to have integrity, obey the rules, obey the law etc.”
You noticing that too? A few years ago I stumbled across a website called “Generational Dynamics”. The proponents of this theory suggest that different generations have different mores/ethics, and the passing of one generation to another is marked by major changes in society. The main blogger points out that the “Silent” generation (survived the Depression and WWII) were marked by honesty and a desire for a safe society. The next generation - boomers - were all abut themselves and basically ate up the surplus the Silents had amassed. The next generation - Xers - are cynical opportunists who hate everyone else and who are committing fraud on a galactic scale, taking down the whole society (banksters, gov’t bureaucrats, politicians, etc.).
Not sure I subscribe to this as a “unified theory” but it makes for interesting reading.
Well, the bible does tell us about such a group. It’s called the demons.