Life itself becomes problematical. Ethical-practical tendencies of an irreligious and unmetaphysical cosmopolitanism. The second chart defines eight stages of cultural development, and asserts that for Western Civilization, the end of the Twentieth Century will mark the end of the sixth stage. I think it is fairly clear that this transformation has occurred. Music is now epitomized by individuals and groups that are mere common men and women.
Architecture is a merely mechanical trade.
The great painters of the twentieth century, people like Picasso and Dali, are all dead. Economic powers permeating the political forms and authorities. To understand what Spengler believes will come next involves your taking the great leap of faith in his assertion that all civilizations are essentially cyclical in nature. Victory of force-politics over money. Increasing primitiveness of political forms.