Dark… and I agree broadly as to the effects. I just wonder whether there was one clear ideology (or even several, numerable) behind it or whether “statism” just happens to be a description that englobes all forms of tendencies whose underlying spirit speaks to some dark inner nature in us all or a collective karmic manifestation of what we had to and have to go through.
I say this while trying to express kindness for the predicament that we all find ourselves in, but that some have hopelessly bought into, people close to us, who - to the degree that anyone does - deserve kindness and compassion.