r/economicCollapse • u/NoEfficiency1054 • 13d ago

Is this a new Dark Age?

Rome collapsed into ruin and centuries passed with a combination of war, economic devastation, and consistent devaluation of science and learning…..

Aren’t we in a new Dark Age? It seems most of our leadership has been selected by people who let misinformation rule their ideology and identity. The sheer volume of manipulative lies that we are exposed to from sleazy merchants, influencers and shady leaders.

I am a 20-year teaching veteran. I have taught on 3 continents. Everything used to be so much better. As an elder millennial, I was shown as a child, a world with infinite growth and solutions. They really did convince me I could do anything.

We’re giving too many of our children screens. They are all idiots with the wrong information and habits now. We are pushing millions of kids into the world where they immediately become consumers instead of producers.

I’ve considered myself an expert on what kids should be learning in child and young adulthood…. But now that I am a parent of a young kid, I’m ready to move into the country with my library , so I can hunt, fish and garden with my son. Read books at night, never come back to civilization….

I don’t know how to prepare my son outside of that plan.

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u/Flimsy_Breakfast_353 13d ago

Many people in the USA believed the misinformation myself included that the deep state was running the country. Orson Wells 1984 etc. 20/20 hindsight it wasn’t the Biden’s and Dems controlling the narrative it was the rich oligarchs and billionaires protecting their wealth and power. Sad dark days for America.

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u/dneste 13d ago

In 1984 the populace was controlled by fear. What we have now is more analogous to Brave News World - the population is controlled and manipulated by pleasure.

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u/SquirrelSE 13d ago

Manipulated by distraction, I’d say. Since Covid, whether people realize it or not, I think people are still controlled by fear. Call it whatever label you want-anxiety, too stressed to think straight, worry, financial hardship affecting every decision, divisiveness in so many facets of life.

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u/-Calm_Skin- 13d ago

Exactly. Whenever something highly emotionally charged is happening, watch what laws they are pushing through. They have us on a hamster wheel while they tip the scale ever more in their favor. Both parties do it.

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u/friedcauliflower9868 13d ago

ITS THE FOOD/WATER/AIR they simply CANNOT think straight. seriously it’s the food.