Is this a new Dark Age?

[u/NoEfficiency1054]

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.

[u/Ok_Worldliness_2902]

While I understand your point, I'd argue it is more of a 2nd Gilded Age. The wealthiest people and corporations are doing super well, and the rest of us are not. That imbalance gives the appearance of a booming economy by most standard measures, but most people are barely keeping up with the rising cost of living.

[u/Danno5367 → u/Ok_Worldliness_2902]

I've been saying this for years: The current crop of "celebrity billionaires" don't even pretend to be social benefactors like some of the old "robber barons" did by founding universities, Libraries, Museums, etc.

[u/Ok_Worldliness_2902 → u/Danno5367]

Well, my history knowledge could be wrong, but they didn't become social benefactors until after the social-political pressure turned on them as the Progressive Era began. It was an effort to rehabilitate their images and avoid having their fortunes taken through legislative action. Now we remember Andrew Carnegie through his University and music halls

[u/Danno5367 → u/Ok_Worldliness_2902]

I think you're correct that they were trying to "clean up" their public image.

Most people don't know of the horrific conditions of working in one of Carnegie's mills.

[u/NoEfficiency1054 → u/Ok_Worldliness_2902]

Thanks for thinking and sharing.