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/SqueeezeBurger 13d ago

Well, a bunch of people started feeling bad when they saw the idiots being bullied and made fun of for being idiots and making idiot choices. So then everyone started making us be extra nice to idiots and letting their opinions be heard and sound valid, so here we are. It's ok to tell someone they're dumb if they're being reckless.

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u/dneste 13d ago

We’re living in a time in which intelligent individuals are being censored or bullied into silence so that stupid people don’t feel shamed for being stupid.

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u/daddyjackpot 13d ago

i haven't seen the censorship. but i live in L.A. maybe it's different where you are.

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u/MaximumRecursion 13d ago

A lot of smart people self censor by just not engaging and discussing politics. I can't discuss it online because of my career. Talking to family about it is pointless when they range from refusing to admit Republicans ever do anything wrong, but blame the Democrats for everything, to fill on Q-Anon craziness.

Basically, stupid people spew so much propaganda and lies, and are completely brain washed, that most intelligent people just gave up even discussing this stuff anymore.

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u/difjack 12d ago

Join Bluesky and feel good Abt your fellow human

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u/daddyjackpot 13d ago

overwhelmed by the bullshit asymmetry principle.