When the artifacts of our civilization are rediscovered by future archeologists and historians, they will learn that our downfall was caused, first and foremost, by the unlimited creation of debt-based currency by central banks which permitted governments to engage without restraint in endless war and carnage, diverting public resources away from productive activities to excessive weapons production, and endless funding for subversive covert ops which destabilize all societies. They will then discover that as all this newly created money had secondary and tertiary effects as it circulated throughout the economy, such as inflating living costs, destroying the traditional, two-parent, single-income family, and by consequence also destroying birth rates, pushing the few remaining children out of the safety of the home to be handled and brainwashed by the state and its ordained pedagogues, while overworked single parents returned home after work too exhausted to compete with pop culture and social media for their kids’ attention.
They will also see that, as this civilization collapsed, a large swath of able-bodied men, upon whom civilization itself depends, spent their time and attention not on preserving their culture but instead on following the whims of poor, ignorant youth as they frequently change their mind to chase immediate gratification and quick easy money rather than choosing college learning how on the basis of learning how to navigate the adult world that requires work, perseverance, patience and responsibility.
Before the portal and NIL, it was barely excusable for responsible, productive adults to pay attention to high school recruiting. At least it used to involve an aspect of commitment, which is a virtue worth celebrating. But now that “commitment” doesn’t apply at all to the decisions of these kids, it’s wholly inexcusable for us to follow this. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but it’s just so silly.