> Our nation is currently on the downward slope of the bell-curve for civilizations.
A "civilisation" is more than the modern notion of a nation-state. Ancient Egypt lasted ~3000 years. Ancient Sumeria/Babylon (the Akkadians were the inheritors of that culture) lasted ~4000 years. Sumeria itself ~2000 years. Greece lasted ~3000 years (I'm counting from the Myceneans to fall of Constantinople). China is still going (~5000 years). And so on.
Recognisable "European" civilisation is only around ~1500 years old. If you go by history, we've got at least another 1500 years.
A "civilisation" is more than the modern notion of a nation-state. Ancient Egypt lasted ~3000 years. Ancient Sumeria/Babylon (the Akkadians were the inheritors of that culture) lasted ~4000 years. Sumeria itself ~2000 years. Greece lasted ~3000 years (I'm counting from the Myceneans to fall of Constantinople). China is still going (~5000 years). And so on.
Recognisable "European" civilisation is only around ~1500 years old. If you go by history, we've got at least another 1500 years.