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Will 2026 be the end of the beginning of the end or the beginning of the beginning of a new era?

Are we learning that we have been led into darkness by monsters?

Are the “basic illusions” of this era exhausted?

What does Santa have to do with my general disillusionment and the fear of death in western societies?