First, thanks for insights following from first-hand knowledge.

Wouldn't the best way for the West to prevail to be to transcend the dead end at which it has arrived? We must boldly go beyond the theoretical and practical barriers in Liberalism, to a new way of thinking about the just--ethical--governance of society.

That does not mean going backwards to theology, but forward to a strictly rational approach that involves no beliefs, to include believing in 'equality' or the existence of 'Natural Rights', with its self-centered concerns. Rather, this approach to justly governing society would follow from the observation--within (universally perceived) material existence--that human beings have no choice but to effect choices (from Warren J. Samuels).

Respect for the capacity to choose that all people possess becomes the centerpiece of the just governance of society. The result--not some arbitrarily conceived starting point, but a product of just relations--would be a form of other-centered individualism.

Moreover, that approach to governance could be fully implemented--including its implications for the economy--without changing any of the institutional structures of any Liberal nation. A democratic political process is required by mutual respect in effecting choices; the economic changes that would be required could be implemented 'overnight', with a single legislative Act.

if curious: "Alright, Already" (here in Medium, but not behind the paywall)