Entropy tends to increase over time (or, so I heard). The cultural analogue of that would be that all cultures--given the prevalence of internet, and on top of

Entropy tends to increase over time (or, so I heard). The cultural analogue of that would be that all cultures--given the prevalence of internet, and on top of that, the US being one of the "loudest"--will either become or approach that of the US. And it'll bring along everything that's good and bad. That means, decadence, greed, gluttony, enshittification, are unavoidable, however unlikely and alien they seem at present time. In less generous terms, the sick tend to infect the healthy, more than the latter can heal the former.