The Competency Crisis

In an age of eroding values and triumphant mediocrity, has the West lost the very essence of what once made it great?

In The Competency Crisis, Will Stickle lays bare the forces driving Western civilization's precipitous decline. From the collapse of meritocracy to the glorification of envy, from the spread of entitlement culture to the chilling echoes of Soviet and Maoist experiments, Stickle offers a sobering account of how these trends threaten our future. With a critical eye on bureaucracy, overreaching government programs, and the gradual disappearance of personal responsibility, this book dissects the shift toward cultural stagnation-a shift that has snuffed out ambition and replaced it with resentment and dependency.

Drawing upon real-world data, historical case studies, and the deeply relevant warnings of defectors like Yuri Bezmenov, The Competency Crisis diagnoses the root causes of our present malaise. Stickle exposes how the welfare state can corrode a society's moral core, how "cancel culture" can paralyze intellectual freedom, and why the devaluation of practical skills and trades undermines genuine progress. But far from merely chronicling decay, The Competency Crisis also points the way toward cultural and economic renewal-toward a world where excellence is again celebrated, ambition is rewarded, and individual responsibility is the bedrock of a thriving society.