To late to do anything about this. Cry about it and re-read: "The Road to Serfdom" and "Suicide of the West". In truth, things can move quite fast. Go to a serious public library and open a "reputable" newspaper volume of 10 years ago. Compare with the news of 2006. In fact, Western Europe, always the darling avant-garde place for American know-nothings able to pay, leads the US in this debacle of Western Civilization. A couple of weeks ago some mayors of places around Paris decided to bring back minimal civilized living conditions by enforcing the law. Now, they can't come out of their private homes anymore. State police permanently stands guard outside to protect these mayors.
That article is nuttier than a Christmas fruitcake. Sure, there is some truth within, but there's enough weird shit baked in to ruin it.