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Alone at the End Of History
PJ Media ^ | 26 Dec 2022 | Richard Fernandez

Posted on 12/28/2022 5:45:57 AM PST by Rummyfan

Pondering the end of the world turns out to be a 21st-century preoccupation. Doomsday has never seemed nearer than now. “Polls conducted in 2012 across 20 countries found over 14% of people believe the world will end in their lifetime… The general public believed the likeliest cause would be nuclear war, while experts thought it would be artificial intelligence. Only 3% of Britons thought the end would be caused by the Last Judgement.” People who proclaim they “trust the science” are especially sunk in gloom. For example, Greta Thunberg’s message to young people is “you are not going to reach adulthood because of climate change.” Greta famously wrote, “You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to. And the saddest thing is that most children are not even aware of the fate that awaits us.”

In early 2022, Amanda Hess, writing in the New York Times, noted that people were already referring to themselves in the past tense. “A whole lexicon has arisen to attempt to describe its psychological impact: climate nihilism, climate grief, climate melancholia, eco-anxiety, pre-traumatic stress. A global survey of young people, released last year, found that more than half of respondents between the ages of 16 and 25 ‘felt sad, anxious, angry, powerless, helpless, and guilty’ about it, and believed ‘humanity is doomed.’” The reason that even celebrity events felt depressing, Elle magazine explains, is “because the End Times are in full swing… Being alive in the year 2020 means experiencing powerlessness. Australia is burning. Millions of animals are dying. America’s f**k of a president just murdered Iran’s top military leader and is tweeting daily threats about committing war crimes. I feel utterly helpless. I feel guilty for buying a drink at Starbucks....

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1 posted on 12/28/2022 5:45:57 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

In the early 80’s, read the book “The Late Great Planet Earth”

It was an interpretation of the book of Revelations.

It said the bear and the eagle will be fighting the dragon.

We’ll see.


2 posted on 12/28/2022 6:01:49 AM PST by lizma2
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To: lizma2

Bear is Russia
Eagle is USA
Dragon is China


3 posted on 12/28/2022 6:05:15 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative (Shegens on Truth Social 🐝)
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To: Rummyfan

If they believe it will be due to climate change or nuclear war, they are sadly mistaken. As we saw with the Scamdemic, one vial of a highly contagious and deadly virus dropped in a market during afternoon shopping, a hot dog vendor in NYC, a night in Vegas or any other venue where someone can easily access air, sea or land transportation will be the end of us.

Think of a vial of Ebola being dropped in the TSA checkpoint line at Newark airport on a holiday weekend. And if some dumb schmuck like me can figure that out, imagine someone who is laser focused on doing this and has the resources.


4 posted on 12/28/2022 6:06:11 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (At this point I would rather have the illegals here than the liberals.)
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To: Rummyfan
Doomsday has never seemed nearer than now.

Doomsday is ALWAYS drawing nearer. just as each of us is closer to the ends of our lives than yesterday. Sheesh!
5 posted on 12/28/2022 6:36:01 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: EQAndyBuzz
imagine someone who is laser focused on doing this and has the resources.

I guarantee you the FBI has this plan on the books already, and likely has for a very long time. The real question is, when do they implement the plan?
6 posted on 12/28/2022 6:36:30 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Rummyfan

Except it’s not doomsday. It’s going home day! At least if you know Iesus as Lord and Savior.


7 posted on 12/28/2022 6:44:01 AM PST by Mom MD ( )
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To: Tennessee Conservative

Oh yeah, with all certainty. < sarcasm>In case you didn’t notice< /sarcasm>


8 posted on 12/28/2022 7:08:11 AM PST by GingisK
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Diseases won’t be the “end of us”. They could kill a lot, sure, but even the deadliest viruses known to man really aren’t all that efficient. A virus that kills too many of its hosts, or kills them too quickly, is a virus that goes extinct very quickly.


9 posted on 12/28/2022 1:27:13 PM PST by Boogieman
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10 posted on 12/28/2022 2:44:25 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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