They must have walked out their front doors.

Yeah, I remember back when depressive humor was funny because it was sad. Then, a few things happened in the last decade and now it's funny because it's true.

It was either 2016 or 2019. It was either making a politician out of Trump or COVID. That's when I started to realise how fucked I am and stared anticipating death.

Have you been living under a rock? Everything is bad, at least here in the US.

I think Gul Madred has Picard seeing exactly five lights right now

There are plenty of people who are still into future building. But, indeed, a lot of the west is falling into decadence.

But I still see enough spark to hope it will reignite. With a better experience.

According to this theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory (see the timings section)

We are at the end of the crisis cycle. The last crisis cycle was WW2.

So shit is about to get really fucking real in a hot minute, but we should then move to a better time - an awakening.