I think the institutional rot - universities, judiciary, media, etc. - is too far gone as well. In some ways it's worse here in Canada where we have taken in 2 *million* immigrants per year in the past two years in a country of 40 million (probably 41 million as I write this). It's not sustainable, and if Trudeau is re-elected I honestly think this country will go full Argentina (and I say that as someone with Argentine parents). I don't think the West has hit bottom yet but we've definitely gotten on that express elevator.