This is why for decades the official Soviet Union policy on disrupting the United States internally was to leave the country alone and let its citizens destroy it from its inside. No need for outside agitators, the United States citizens will destroy the country itself.
I dropped reading this about halfway: the author has some fairly cranky opinions about recent history.
I read the article a couple of times. The observation that decay leads to a loss courage rang loud and true. Think all those GOP politicians originally vorciferally against trump now for Trump. We see this is the small in corporate america: managers and hr are more interested in sweeping problems under the rug than deal closer to root cause. You can force the issue but one is seen as an antagonist not a leader. Now, the focus on spiritual values ... maybe the US has the best porn, playboy etc out there but I got to say my friends and family def don't see hedonism or materialism as a good or merely the best we can make of this life because except for that it sucks. Surely the answer cannot be organized religion or state imposed religion. Solzhenitsyn's answer is literature combining soul, empathy evidently. Finally, taking care of me and my own is not unflinchingly selfish. Let's not forget that.