Whatever exceptions may exist, this central fact is clear. We are free to close our eyes, of course, but when we choose to see, this is what stands in front of us.

What has been taught in the universities, and most powerfully in "elite" universities, bore a bumper crop of poisoned fruit. On top of that, the universities have both complied with and defended this barbarity.

Regardless of the fact that a few decent, humane academics still exist (and God bless them), the universities have spawned racial hate, defended it, and are unrepentant. They can no longer be taken seriously by adults. They have become fonts of barbarity.

The Prime Directive of Our Time
I've been carefully observing popular culture (and especially the American wing of it) since the 1970s, and I can identify its central demand: Man may not be seen as a noble being. ("Man" meaning mankind, of course.) That has been the real prime directive of the past half-century.

Prior to our era (and I'm old enough to have seen some of it), mankind was often held to be noble and dignified. And it showed throughout the culture.