>impli s that things weren't working pretty well at all. No, there is nothing to be implied. It was an explicit statement and is true. >if they were, then we wouldn't even be here with the current state of the west, now would we? No. Factors can change an environment. Before COVID, we wouldn't have thought the draconian measures we saw over the last year could have actually worked. However, with the introduction of the disease and the constant fear mongering on the news, populations around the world cowered and did whatever they were told. Similarly, prior to the WW2, we were on a great trajectory. However, with the millions of men that died fighting for our enemies, we made ourselves vulnerable. By the 1960s, our enemies capitalized on that vulnerability. In half a century, we've lost. We don't need sharia, we need to kick out our enemies.