All Together Now (Part Two)

[PETRUS]

17. I agree.

Although my impression based on observing things for the last few years is that further (Trump) scandals won't necessarily have much of an impact. Maybe I'm wrong? I do think that something like a recession, or a significant terrorist attack on US soil, or possibly even something like a major natural disaster could change the calculus - for good or ill.

Honestly, I've never been as uncertain about the future as I have recently. There are thing I've been worrying about for years - ecological overshoot, increasing inequality, global tensions, the expansion of state (and private!) surveillance/security capabilities (we've got a turnkey totalitarian apparatus in place right now), to list a few. And I've always believed that it's possible for things to tilt very quickly, but I've never thought such an event was just around the corner. These last few years feel like teetering on edge. Am I overreacting?