>Life isn't a constant slow march upwards towards prosperity, it is messy. There is change, there always has been change and there always will be. This is real

>Life isn't a constant slow march upwards towards prosperity, it is messy. There is change, there always has been change and there always will be. This is really, really hard to understand for people today because the post-cold-war era, in the west, has been one of unprecedented stability and prosperity. That is ending, and what is happening is a reversion to the mean that looks a lot like catastrophe.