It is difficult to associate these horrors with the proud civilizations that created them: Sparta, Rome, The Knights of Europe, the Samurai… They worshipped strength, because it is strength that makes all other values possible. Nothing survives without it. Who knows what delicate wonders have died out of the world, for want of the strength to survive. — Enter the Dragon

Western society, in all its myriad forms, is a hot-house flower that will wilt when the protective layer of men and women who guard it and the base of men and women who support it quit working.  People who don’t have to worry about someone kicking in their door and raping their wife have time to wax poetically about the necessity of disarming the populace.  Those who don’t have to worry about where their next meal comes from, regardless of their economic status, don’t have to think about those who toil to make sure that bread gets to their mouths.

Once that protective shell and supporting structure cracks or gives way, people will have to decide whether or not their society is worth working for and defending.  Whether or not they survive will depend on that decision and their willingness to follow through.