The End of the American Dark Ages?

[allegorical oracle]

A thought-provoking piece from the Washington Post:

"Isn't that what our nation has been stewing in these past few years -- a medieval pottage of religious extremism, anti-science sneering, conspiracy theories and ill-conceived, rag-tag, spear-and-pole crusades. Heck, we even have a plague."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-re-living-in-the-new-dark-ages-and-it-s-time-to-turn-on-the-light/ar-AASi5Jb?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

[dchill]

1. The End? Hell, we're just getting our feet wet!

[mopinko]

2. i'm in.

it might be worse than the dark ages.

And in some ways, some of our worst thinking now — especially with it comes to the coronavirus and anti-science ideas — is far worse than anything folks did during the Black Plague. “It’s not like people were saying ‘Let’s go lick a rat,’ ” he said.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

3. There were cat massacres, though,

which is sort of equivalent to vaccine refusal.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. I am glad I wasent alive

Back then.

But if I could time travel I'd kill every fucking asshole I could to stop the cat massacre. I would find other cat adorers who would like to stop that awful crime against those precious cats too.

And I would be as Sekhmet.

[allegorical oracle]

6. And as I recall

the destruction of the cat population led to the Bubonic Plague. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. As the 60s song put it, when will we ever learn?

[Uncle Joe]

5. That would be sweet.

Thanks for the thread allegorical oracle.

[allegorical oracle]

7. So welcome.

Thought it was a unique take that was intriguing.