satan was given dominion on the earth. People just fell away from God and embraced satan’s temptations (selfishness, greed, power) and idols (celebs, sports, music, video games, social media, etc.) One day Jesus will return.
I think of The Devil’s Advocate with Pacino.
“Who, in their right mind Kevin, could possibly deny the twentieth century was entirely mine. ALL OF IT, KEVIN...All of it! Mine. I’m peaking here.”