In my humble opinion, this society is profoundly sick. Real values are not valued there anymore, detrimental self-destroying ideologies are winning everywhere, schools and universities turned into madhouses, etc. It seems to be everywhere, all across the board, with some rare exceptions. I'm not sure where to find those "simple and ignorant" but not dumb people these days. I mean in the US. We have traveled through some rural communities in the mid-west, and it was not inspiring at all, to say the least. Maybe it sounds too pessimistic, but I can't see any light in this tunnel of darkness. Maybe it looks better in Bali