E158 - #539 ART- They Could Only Win A War They Made Up

A “new world order” doesn’t arrive with one announcement. It arrives in phases, with slogans, shortages, and stories that steer what we fear and what we accept. We start with why I’m obsessed with dates and memory, then use that lens to track a sequence many of you have felt in your bones: the dread in late 2019, the behavioral science of COVID-era lockdowns, and the shift into an energy crunch that prices people out of freedom of movement. If you’ve ever wondered whether the chaos is random or patterned, this is the map.

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