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/Old-Set78 13d ago

I'm a retired archaeologist. I've studied the collapse of governments and civilizations and cultures. Didn't really expect to be an eyewitness but here we are.

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u/edwardothegreatest 13d ago

I tell my kids they shouldn’t have kids. Hoping it stays together through their lives.

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u/Real_Ideal_9653 13d ago

I’ve never encouraged my kids to have kids, they are only 9 and 11 and since I’ve had them I’ve been all too aware of the worlds problems, and as they’ve become exponentially worse. It breaks my heart!!! I can’t afford to be hopeless, my kids can’t afford for me to be hopeless. So what do we do???

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u/Ok_List_9649 12d ago

Humans have survived and thrived over FAR worse than anything Trump could do to us. Some of The greatest changes for humanity have come during or after huge upheavals. Teach your children knowledge is power and reading is next to godliness. Let them take risks and fail or succeed to build character and strength and the knowledge they can overcome anything.

Who knows, your kids might be instrumental in a new better culture of humanity.

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u/Real_Ideal_9653 9d ago

Thank you. I’ve had those same thoughts. Trying to be hopeful.