Jokes aside Texans close to me have sworn its been a blue state for a while. The political games could only hold it back so long.

Canadian here. Lived abroad for ages including London for 5 years. Go there 4 times a year still. He tries in vain to gaslight me saying london has been taken over by Islamic extremists because his social media says so. Sigh. Sure.

This entire global economic system is built on unsustainability. Endless profits from a context of shrinking GDP growth, ballooning debt, and a billionaire class that knows it is unsustainable so they are using power to maximize what they can squeeze out of it while they can.

Bronze age collapse vibes.

Because a) all media has to avoid its natural draw towards apocalypse porn. b) many of the big media players are in on the fascist game.