I think this has broken me. Usually I kinda cheer along to the plight of America's collapsing empire... but this. I'm just sad. It makes me cry to think there are already kids being shoved through this nightmare 'school'. What is this point in history? What are we becoming? I don't like it, I dread what is to come.
Every day a little less human. Every day a little more spreadsheet.
yeah, this dump falling apart is kind of amusing in the abstract, but having to actually see what it is doing and will do to average people sucks.
i think a lot about the collapse of the roman empire. how the neglect of critical infrastructure (aquaducts) depopulated Rome, how the provincial system degraded into manorialism and feudalism. the Hell on Earth podcast definitely elucidated the rise of sectarian violence and apocalyptic visions as once universal institutions fell apart.
it's a good thing for a militant empire of slavers to fall apart, but it would be much better for average people and their children if a socialist revolution induced it rather than it being allowed to fracture along ethnic/religious boundaries, giving rise to warlordism as the arbiter of looming resource conflicts.
make no mistake, the opportunists that see the weakening of our public institutions--like universal child education--as an entry point for the parasitic generation of personal wealth and power are the enemies of mankind.