We all know this civilization is doomed, but they keep telling us everything's normal

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 Caitlin JohnstoneAug 17, 2026Reading by Tim Foley:SubscribeLife in the 2020s comes with so much dissonance and dysphoria because everyone knows this civilization is doomed, but it’s not being acknowledged by any of our mainstream institutions.We can all see everything getting worse and worse before our eyes in real time, but our government officials don’t talk about it. Our mass media outlets don’t report on it. Our education systems don’t recognize it. There’s a giant ...