Some top politicians are aware of our civilizational decay

This post is important, but it does not need an introduction.

It is a link to a short news piece that shows that (even) some top politicians are aware of the present decay of our societies, and of its main reasons:
George Osborne issues 'reform or decline' warning to EU

Three short comments:
1.
I fully agree with the views expressed by Osborne in this subject. Also, there are other well known politicians that share the same views, like (for a single example) Ron Paul in the USA.
2.
It is obvious that this problem spreads outside Europe. Presently, the US is a very strong example of the same problem, but we could add just about any other country based on similar "western" approaches.
3.
The fact that some top politicians recognize the problem, and speak about it publicly, will not change the inevitable course of our societies, no more that a blog like mine.
During the final decline of any great previous civilization (the Roman Empire is the best studied case, but there are many other examples) many persons noticed the decline, spoke about it, fought against it, to no avail.
These civilizational decline processes are well studied, and there are great books about them.
Basically, we can only watch them happen, and navigate them the best we can, to reduce the pain at personal or familial levels...