R.J. Rushdoony wrote this little essay for “The California Farmer” in 1978, and it’s still true today–as anyone can see, if he looks.
https://chalcedon.edu/resources/articles/the-exaltation-of-a-people
His text is Proverbs 14:34, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
It’s getting late in the day for America to wake up to this truth. Pray that we do–soon.