I spend a lot of time wondering whether everything really has become worse over the past three or four years or if it’s just that, since the outlets I used to follow got “trans” fever and I started following new ones, I’m just hearing a more negative perspective all the time.

There’s no doubt that the whole “trans” thing is getting worse, but is everything else – the economy, our relationship with technology, crime, personal freedom in general, etc. – getting worse, too, or is it just that back when I was mostly listening to NPR, I was shielded from the negative news I now hear on Rumble, Odysee, etc.?