(hope I'm not ramblin' here)
Some might say, um... why not? You have just about everything at your finger-tips here in the west (it's not "all-good") and you've probably heard of the "progressive" drive to control us (I'm hoping you're a bit familiar here). Don't you think that we're headed to be controlled (even more so than we already are) because we've partaken, now dyin' to be inducted among the ever-growing number of civilizations with a penchant for Dictatorship, manipulated gain or otherwise?
See? We need to be ...controlled...

Dude.... Some believe this need to be controlled comes out of our own-selves, as we individually, among a greater majority, want to play "God", we create and destroy.

Where does that come from? I believe that it is inherent in our make-up to subvert our better "god" to a corruptible state. We capitulate. HIstory - Fascinating parallel.
What is this state?? Higher conscience in denial?

There must be something in our core causing our attempt to model and choke on,... God...The incorruptible.

I really don't mean to go off on a diatribe, but it's close..my bad. Oops. Was I supposed to pose a question?

Paul