In one of the broader contexts in which we live - about to come to an end in 2025 - followed by a 300 year cusp period - namely the Ascending Kali Yuga, most of the dark assumptions arise in part from the rubric of this 6,000 year cycle. Divisiveness, commerce, isolation, tribal mentality and worship of money are some of the attributes of this cycle (for more https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga#Prophesied_events).

You are a mythbuster, or truth seeker. Bravo!