As a devout atheist, even though Xian presents a paradox, I must give credit where credit is due: it absolutely nails the virtues necessary to live a life as a free man.
You can go down the list of virtues and sins, and without exception, the virtues are being attacked & marginalized, while sins are what are being promoted, normalized and instituted.
If one didn't think it was an intentional conspiracy to alter the culture of W Civ, then how is it so uniform across the board without exception?
As far as snowflakery, I have a 20 yo son (attended public K-12 + college) who has turned out completely 'normal', so we can see that educational indoctrination is not fool proof.
That's why the deep state has turned to population substitution in N America & W Europe. It's seems like the surefire way to transform a society is to simply replace those who don't go along with the program.
So, while education, media and culture are still hot spots of contention between the forces of good & evil, the ultimate battle is on our southern border.
We lose that, and the deep state can literally shut down their operations. No need for censorship, educational influence, etc. They can relax & move into a post-war environment where they control all facets of existence.
Good news about your son.
One of our California grandsons had an epiphany this summer re how he was lucky to be going to an outstanding private high school.
He took my advice to get out of his home this summer and work to make spending money and to get away from his nagging and over demanding mother.
He ended up with basically two jobs, one doing early morning stocking of a high end clothing discount store and driving a high end food truck after his morning job.
He had been turned down at the first job because he was only 17. His sister had the job and got a better paying one at a high end store, and she recommended him. The manager hired him on a two trial basis and gave him a raise, and he is still working there on Saturday mornings.
The owner of the high end food truck hired him for afternoon and evening to manage the truck. He still works there after his other job. He makes very good money working for the high end food truck.
His awakening came when he started his first job and worked with kids he had gone to public school with from K-8. They had good schools for those years and snowflake bs in high school.
Now, those kids can not do basic math nor read simple one page or less instructions.
They whined and groaned when their managers asked them to do anything. They never showed any initiative.
We discussed the differences. How his private high school had enabled him to work as a productive adult, and the public high schools had made losers out of his friends.
He has retaken some of his SAT’s and made big gains. In spite of working and being a jock, his grades now are the best he has ever had.