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Their wordsOf course, this is what we’ve been told would happen over the course of the 21st century. Yet at the precise time that what was foreseen has happened, the belief that human beings should do something about climate change has receded.
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War is being normalized: escalations in Eastern Europe and the Middle East no longer shock anyone.
Their wordsSecond, war is being normalized. It is no longer shocking, or even surprising, to read about the latest escalation in Eastern Europe or the Middle East – two thirds of the map that made up the two World Wars.
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The guardrails around power have been steadily dismantled, particularly in the United States.
Their wordsFirst, power is running amok like an uncaged predator. Yes, there have always been powerful and power-hungry people in the world. But there has been a steady dismantling of the guardrails around power, particularly in the United States.
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