If you grew up after the Cold War ended, the whole world has looked like it was generally moving in one direction for most of your life and if you were in the W

If you grew up after the Cold War ended, the whole world has looked like it was generally moving in one direction for most of your life and if you were in the West, a lot of that time might have even looked very sunny. But that was sort of a blip. We are entering a new era, but not because the world is broken, but because the dust is settling on that era and we’re kinda going back to normal. That said, there’s some reason to worry that the return might be a little cataclysmic in the way that a long-stuck fault line can produce a bigger earthquake than one that slips more frequently.