This text examines the inherent risks facing the most advanced global societies, specifically those shaped by European traditions. The author argues that these societies are threatened by a fundamental split, not merely between social classes, but within the consciousness of each individual. This internal tension exists between the type of rationality inherited from Ancient Greece and persistent modes of mythical thinking. Mythical elements were never truly abolished by reason; they were merely suppressed and displaced from the center of intellectual focus. Consequently, these irrational structures survive on the periphery, waiting for moments when rational systems fail to solve complex problems or lose their convincing power. Historically, this struggle has often manifested as violence. The abstract concludes that as long as rationality struggles to prove its superiority over these latent mythical remnants, advanced civilizations will remain vulnerable to sudden, irrational outbursts and internal instability during times of crisis.