Profit = Prophet.

This transition has been occurring/planned for a long, long time.

For all the good they did do (and I am in no way diminishing it) - the French and American masonic revolutions also inculcated the concept that "freedom" is the highest virtue of man, over obedience to whatever crown/religion existed before (which Im fine with) - or to the morality of society itself (as ethics come from within - and morality from outside) - and is more than likely why we've ended up with the wide-spectrum of different types of people. The "throwing off of shackles of cultural norms" is a consequence of freedom over the time-tested common-senses that got us this far.

The internet didn't (and won't, ever) help either.

It used to be that if there was a goat-fucker in a village (or someone committing usury - or fraud, or any of it), they would have to keep it secret - now, they can meet in private in discord and role-play that they are legion and deserve to be treated as "normal".