It is true that humanity tends to slide back after a strong evolutionary wave has passed over it lifting it up beyond itself. Yet all is not lost. The sliding back is never a return to the same point. It is a notch above.
Human attractions happen because of the thirst for love in every creature. But since our consciousness is turned outwards we always seek outside what we already carry within us.
To transform someone needs one to have the transforming power which implies that the person engaged in this effort already has arrived at a reasonable transformation within