The times we inhabit

but yeah
the future was always telescoping
like the future was tens of thousands of years away in 1910
Millenia in the 30s
when you get to the 50s
and the space race
the future is centuries away
starting in the 70s the future is decades away
with cyberpunk it became 20 minutes into the future
and now there is no future

this is the high middle ages of capitalism
the end of history
where things are how they are ordained to be
no past
no future
the thing is
one thing that's been suppressing any cultural movement

is the influence of the peoples temple incident in suppressing NRMs

and the problem with having no past

is people forget quickly

yeah
you can't controll these forces once they're unleashed though
either a zeitgiest is built or it isn't
like
individual cults can avoid it
but a zeitgiest of spiritual seeking, and new growth, will be harnessed by plenty of people
but yeah, we live in an age of incredibly limited choices
the capitalist ideological hegemony, dead churches, or 'failed' communism