"Après moi, le déluge" (Louis XV). For ages, people in power position have been at the same time, both nihilistic, knowingly pushing toward the cliff and afrai

"Après moi, le déluge" (Louis XV). For ages, people in power position have been at the same time, both nihilistic, knowingly pushing toward the cliff and afraid of an impending collapse. This is both creepy and reassuring, despite all that humanity has survived (with blood and tears but survived). This elites on the other end? Sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't, and at the very least not in the same position of power.