I think political ideologies (feminism, political right/left, MAGA, CCP, etc) are mostly propaganda grifts with only grains of truth. They are ideological weapons.
Politics is a form of warfare and a shooting war happens when politics don't give you want groups want. Feminists are gaining more for their side, it's just the way things are today. They are also a form of population control.
Overall the whole industrious to decadent cycle is Roman history and history of the rise & fall of civilizations in a nutshell.
Two thousand years ago Cicero and Seneca, Cato etc. were talking about the same problems about corruption and decadence among the Roman elite as well as the declining standards of responsibility. Same thing in Feudal Japan, where the Sengoku era was seen as superior to the latter eras.
In China they talk about the 100 years of 'shame' and the 'communism with Chinese characteristics' as saving the nation.
And in the US the 'Greatest generation' is seen as the best (1930s-1950s).
Currently, North America & Europe are globally declining/stagnating societies with terrible political & military leadership and corrupt economies.
They are well past the point of help. If they were to be saved it should have been done at the latest in the 1980s. The signs of decline were already evident in the 1970s US.
Ultimately what is good for the nation & society as a whole is not necessarily good for the individual who craves fast money, security, pleasures & freedom. That's how decadence happens. I think it's just the natural order of things.