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What does it mean?
A bleak prediction that the future holds destruction or violence rather than progress.
In plain terms
The future looks violent and destructive.
What can you take from it?
Consider that the future might bring harm rather than improvement.

Where it applies

  • political discourse
  • climate anxiety
  • social unrest

Putting it to work

  • warning others
  • preparing for hardship

Questions to consider

  • What do you fear about the future?
  • Does predicting the worst help or hurt?

Another view

It is overly deterministic and might discourage efforts to build a better future.

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