Or, to quote another William:
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
Unfortunately, we're in a situation right now where people who choose evil and ignorance seem to have more power than people who choose good. I try to remind myself that that just puts us even with all other eras of the world.