> And it can certainly be argued that all major civilizations today are in
> decline as to anything other than economic or military force.
>
> Corporate crime? Personal crime? Personal truthfulness? Politeness?
> Tolerance? Individual responsibility?
>
> Are any of these demonstrably moving in a positive direction?
Actually I would say tolerance is moving in a positive direction.
Most of the others I would say are in stasis. For instance, I don't
believe that personal crime has really been significantly better or
worse in the anywhere-near-recent past, at least judging by historical
evidence and contemporary literature.
> And I include in 'crime', things that are done, but not
> detected/punished. ie, speeding, lying on tax forms, deceiving stores
> in order to get a discount, etc, etc.
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