HARD TO BETTER ILLUSTRATE...:

Zero Point Of Systemic Collapse (Chris Hedges, 12 February, 2010, Adbusters.org)

We stand on the cusp of one of the bleakest periods in human history when the bright lights of a civilization blink out and we will descend for decades, if not centuries, into barbarity.

...the insight that apocalyptism is about people trying to make their own lives and times seem more important than they are.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 12, 2010 9:44 PM