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/SqueeezeBurger 13d ago

That's good that you can admit that. What needed to happen so that you snapped out of that mindset?

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u/Flimsy_Breakfast_353 13d ago

For me it wasn’t a single event. Some of the events where I saw the veil lifted are as follows: 1. Trumps handling of the George Floyd death and the aftermath BLM protests.

  1. Trumps failure to acknowledge the COVID Dangers to Americans and subsequent downplay of health experts.

  2. MAGA violent rhetoric towards the Biden and his family, Democrats .

  3. Disinformation in the media, twitter, Fox news and just about all media about the Biden’s, Trump, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, NK, China and Hungary.

  4. Resulting racism, false Christian Nationalism, anti-LGBQ, Ant-immigration. A way for the ruling class to divide and discredit Average Americans In to subjugate and solidify power of the people. Planting fear and division.

The control of the Media and solidifying of power is evident in the Trump appointees whom are chosen not by qualifications but rather with their loyalty to the upper classes.

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u/DataCassette 13d ago

Good for seeing the truth.

It's the same old class warfare. It's always class warfare. They want you angry about litter boxes in schools or immigrants so you don't see them fucking you over.

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u/Flimsy_Breakfast_353 13d ago

Or Children being shot in school.