Previously, I explained that the reason the United States was able to become the victor of the 20th century was because Christians valued human beings. While communism and fascism judged people based on whether they were useful or not—and disposed of or even killed those deemed useless—in the United States, where Christians made up the majority, people were treated with care and respect. Like communism and fascism, capitalism also judges people based on whether they are useful or not.

The twentieth century is often described as an era of ideological warfare. Totalitarianism, communism, and liberal democracy competed with one another, and liberal democracy ultimately prevailed. The representative of liberal democracy was the United States, and the American political system was even described as the “end of history.” This phrase meant that liberal democracy was considered the best possible political system, and that political evolution had essentially reached its final form.

It is now widely recognized globally that unmarried status, declining birth rates, and sexlessness are common problems in developed countries. However, despite their seriousness, research on these issues is surprisingly scarce. Japan was the first country in the world to see these problems surface in the late 1990s, but without any serious action, the birth rate in Japan continues to decline. If the current pace of decline continues, the birth rate in Japan will drop to zero in 18 years (birth rate data can be found here).

Capitalism will soon collapse. Global debt has reached astronomical proportions, and the global economy will be unable to withstand the interest payments. People who have realized the limitations of capitalism seek an alternative system, perhaps communism. However, we must remember the horrors of communism. Communism executed or murdered as many of its own people as the death toll from World War I and World War II combined.