I think you're dead on. We Western peoples are going through a shock transition from 'We are the State' to 'Me vs the State'. The COVID era, and governmental actions during, created a massive dislocation in peoples innate trust that 'they're on our side'. Now we're like the rest of the world.
When you have large cultures/people groups who have studied and meditated on biblical verses such as Colossians 3:23-24 below, and have taken such verses to heart as if they actually, truly came from their Lord, and not just a book of good ideas, you may begin to understand how this difficult to quantify truth is so.
Colossians 3:23-24:
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
I think you're dead on. We Western peoples are going through a shock transition from 'We are the State' to 'Me vs the State'. The COVID era, and governmental actions during, created a massive dislocation in peoples innate trust that 'they're on our side'. Now we're like the rest of the world.
When you have large cultures/people groups who have studied and meditated on biblical verses such as Colossians 3:23-24 below, and have taken such verses to heart as if they actually, truly came from their Lord, and not just a book of good ideas, you may begin to understand how this difficult to quantify truth is so.
Colossians 3:23-24:
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.