I don't quite see the 20th century as one of chaos. But I believe in certain inevitable outcomes of a materialist nature.
People are complicated. Personally I don't go in for puritanical people.
I think any time you deal with humans and the way they exploit one another and cause pain you are in the realm of politics, on some level.
Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
It's amazing how life conspires to set you up with what you need.
To be alive is to listen quietly while other people talk. That's how you learn something.