Great answer! I fumble over my words try to express what you did so eloquently.

I see this divergence as well between a people accepting to be ruled with a Calvinistic tinge and a people that take responsibility and make it a part of their life for the Great Awakening to occur.

The ancient greeks believed civilization went through cycles of rule going from a monarchy -> oligarchy -> democracy/republic -> anarchy -> back to a monarchy

The problem is entropy exists and whatever ruling convention there is degrades and corrupts over generations, people believing it will stay this way forever. A Republic like ours allows people to shrug off responsibility to a few representatives and this has exceedingly corrupted over the last 250 years in America. We are not the same kind of people 250 years ago who went to war against England for independence over a 4% tax (I remember it was fairly low). People like that would have a hard time staying sane in this time let alone having a stable family and passing on their fenes and values. This has led to a growth in population of people who are incapable of ruling themselves. It will be interesting to see where things go. The youth more and more do not seem to be as accepting as previous generations and they have the luxury of the internet showing POV of where change went wrong previously. Will we go back to monarchy or revert back to taking more responsibility like our forefathers. Is there enough nobility in the population or is it small enough for a new monarchy to take hold?