Bears repeating:
I do believe that WWI was the beginning of the end of civilization. A true historic turning point. I don’t think Europe has recovered, or will ever recover. On every level -— political, social, physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual -— it was smashed. WWII came roaring on its heels like an opportunistic disease taking down an already wretched, weakened sufferer.
Even the post -WWII recovery was blighted with signs of moral and spiritual death.
And that is still with us, with a vengeance.
The number of artists, writers, composers, engineers, visionaries, etc murdered during the Bolshevik years is also staggering. The loss to civilization and culture can never be duplicated.
The US Civil War with up 650,000 to 850,000 (based on more recent historical findings) deaths and population of 31,000,000 was a far more calamitous event. The reorder of our constitutional republic and the enormous increase in federal power was a tremendous disaster to liberty.