I imagine we have all daydreamed of an intrepid archaeologist of some future generation uncovering the relics and debris of our own civilization, puzzling over the function of a lifeless iPad or broken TV. Or, more likely, a mysteriously un-degraded McDonald’s “hamburger” nestled in its original wrapping. But those thoughts must be particularly acute at this moment of world historical transition.

Our dis-ease does not come from the vertigo we feel when peering over the economic precipice, or the transformation of the political landscape in recent years, or even the socio-cultural turmoil that has led us to the summer of rage.

No, none of these worrying trends by themselves makes us dwell on the end of Pax Americana and the end of this era of civilization. It is the fact that all of these problems converge on one (phony) solution: war.

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