It's a complex world and ever-changing world. We muddle through with a decent amount of common sense, i think.
I've said before, the US being the wealthiest and the most powerful had to
expectedly lose the most. Because of globalization and other rising powers.
Your conservatives are going rabid in too many ways, but don't be too hard on the rest in your place.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”