by Michael Grosso:
In view of present circumstances, talk of “doomsday” and “apocalypse”
is cropping up with increasing regularity, even in progressive media not prone
to hyperbole. The destruction of world civilization and of life itself are
not only thinkable today, but thanks to certain global trends gaining momentum,
in the minds of many informed persons, it is starting to appear probable.
A triangle of
converging trends--toward climate catastrophe, toward nuclear war, and toward mass
social upheaval--is gaining momentum. There is, moreover, no credible idea or
plan of how to stop this runaway train.
The human story may not have a happy ending, at least if the
crystal ball you are looking into is made of logic and matters of fact. An impartial survey of the facts
clearly points to steadily increasing global crisis, not least in light of the
enormous numbers of uprooted refugees and immigrants and their destabilizing
effects.