John, it is an irredeemable culture and society.   As a mixed-race person, I struggled for a great deal of my early years trying to understand what happened in this country, and why.   As I have aged my respect for the traditional ways of my family and my heritage has only grown.    And my mystification and lack of respect for the dominant culture has grown, also.   I take no solace from the fact that western, European people have won the all-time Planetary Darwin Award, never to be surpassed by any other group or species.

Life is simple, and it is Life that matters.   Respect for Life is its own joy.   Only the perpetually empty always need more.