[blooalien]

> Others probably saw it coming years or decades earlier.

I saw the signs of the beginnings of it decades ago (shortly following the Reagan era) but I had zero clue that it would (or even could) ever get as completely mad-house outta-control as it has. I've watched the situation devolve year after year for decades now, and all the while I kept foolishly believing "It can't keep getting worse forever. People are gonna wake up any second now." Well, here we are. Not entirely sure how we got here, or how we'll ever get back, but... This is how it is, I guess. :shrug:

[jacquesm]

> "It can't keep getting worse forever. People are gonna wake up any second now."

That's exactly where I am. I keep wondering what rock bottom looks like. And I fear the day that we'll find out.

[blooalien]

"Rock bottom" is when the last human stands alone in their luxury doomsday bunker just waiting to die and realizes that dying with all the money means literally nothing in the grand scheme of the Universe. They didn't "win" anything of lasting value after all...

[jacquesm]

That's a cheerful view to start the morning with!