Arthur Brooks suggests that modern civilization is facing a crisis that goes deeper than common descriptions of political, cultural, or value-based issues. While society often identifies the problem as a crisis of social trust or politics, Brooks argues these labels do not reach the true depth of the situation.
The crisis currently facing modern civilization is often described through various lenses, including a political crisis, a cultural crisis, a crisis of values, or a crisis of social trust. According to Brooks, while these descriptions contain truth, they fail to address the core issue at hand.