Ultimately all boils down to this: it’s not so much what people do that matters, it is what they want to do that does! Hence, in our modern world: western civilization has abandoned the allure of instinctual gratification, mainly, having regurgitated its pleasure, for as our sages teach us, constant pleasure (like eating all the time ice cream) causes a lack of pleasure! – and hence, as in essence their souls seek the truth, seek harmony, seek God, the freedom from this instinctual lusts have allowed their soul’s curiosity and goodness to shine! (while sadly, there are other cultures e.g. Arabs, whom are still mired in the midevil ages, as is empirically seen, by how they treat one another, which of course, is the same cause for their treatment of the Jews.)