A new Dark Age?

Reading the papers and articles and yes, posts here...I wonder if a new dark Age is soon to be upon us?

So many people seem to prefer to believe"things" not backed up by facts.

Whether it's the US 2020 election results, the proof that covid vaccines have a legitimate place in combating this disease or even that masks help.

Will we see a surge of pitchfork wielding crowds marching in the streets, tearing down everything they fear?

I get the feeling we're fast approaching a cross roads and the future is unclear...

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SW-User

I do think we may be headed for a period of increased anti-intellectualism and barbarism. The Dark Ages were dark because education declined and the knowledge of the past was forgotten. We've reached a point where narrative is prized over truth and we only wish to know things when we are certain they will confirm what we already believe to be true. The internet helps encourage this by prioritizing quantity over quality and extremism over moderation. So we wall ourselves off into echo chambers and convince ourselves that anyone who dares to think differently from us is pure evil and needs to be destroyed. If we're headed for another Dark Age, then it will be the darkness of a lack of humanity.

Yulianna · 22-25, F

@SW-User i would disagree with you on only facet of your post.

we are not headed for another dark age. we are in another dark age and it is only the dying echo of reason that fools you into thinking it is not already here.

be brave. you will need to be and we others who still hear that echo need you to be as brave as we try to be.

don't give in.