Wow... its been more than a year since I last updated this thread. I have been so busy all this time that I haven't had time to contribute to these boards. In any case, 3 other episodes of the culture in decline series has since then been released.
Here is episode 3: This one deals with advertising and consumerism extensively.
My review:
In my personal opinion this is the best episode yet. The production values are way higher and the message is powerful. I specially enjoyed the Hot girl syndrome part.
Personally, I believe that Facebook is the manifestation of our declining culture. In it you can see our obsession for physical beauty, material possessions and money is more pervasive than ever. I believe that social media, such as Facebook makes us narcissistic by over-empowering our egos. Facebook is a temple to the self, in which would be worshipers come to give offerings. In this type of media people don't really talk to each other, instead, they talk at each other.