Charles Murray: We're Living in 'Post-America,' Move to a Small Town to Survive The Collapse

"I think America is showing what post-America looks like," Murray said. "People who call themselves conservatives ... believe things that would horrify the Founders."

"You cannot have a free society, a society that allows lots of individual autonomy without some outside force that leads people to control the self," he said.

"The American way of life" is now "meaningless." America today is "just another rich, powerful country."

[...] "Europe is going to degenerate," he continued. "The increasing Muslim minorities in those countries are probably going to accelerate the exposure of the degeneracy."

When pressed for advice on what ordinary Americans should be doing in these times, Murray answered that they should move to small towns and live "the traditional American way of life" and get involved in their communities.

Ultimately, though, he believes that what America needs is "the emergence of a charismatic person who is devoted to the original American founding who is going to attract political support in the way that Ronald Reagan did."

That person will hopefully be able to restore some of the character and institutions of the United States, he said.