Estamos falando de que sociedade mesmo?

"The subjects to which I'd ask each of my readers to devote his attention to are these - life and morals of the community (...) Then, as the standard of morality gradually lowers, let him follow the decay of the national character, observing how at first it slowly sinks, then slips downward more and more rapidly, and finally begins to plunge into headlong ruin, until he reaches these days in which we can bear neither our diseases nor their remedies" (Titus Livius, circa 17 ad)