We're returning to the Dark Ages

I had a bit of an epiphany today. Having a conversation with a co-worker we discussed that the USA is currently involved in a civil war. It's not super violent yet but there certainly is a fair amount of violence. Oddly it comes from the people who most vociferously advocate tolerance yet have none.  Certainly the nation is divided like never before, but there is more. I say we're entering the Dark Ages again and I really believe it's true. If we look back to the 16th century what body had the most power? Then it was the Roman Catholic Church. Today it's shared by academia and news media. And both have become more religion and less objective over the recent years. Academics today focus more on theory than fact. The news media has become more opinion than news. When confronted with facts and evidence which contradicts the current idea, they refuse to accept. Much like when Galileo turned his telescope to the stars, the church and the scientific community would not accept his findings. Today it's not an earth centered solar system, or a flat earth (although there are still some flat earthers). Today it's pseudoscience like global warming, climate change and  greenhouse effects.  These are all religious items and held sacred. Just bring up any evidence against any of these and you'll have a war. And social programs like single payer health care, free college, gun control, and socialist societies. No matter how many times it's been tried, the current socialists simply say that the others just did it wrong. Fortunately for us today the new religions haven't yet amassed the power the church had in Galileo's day. We still have people with enough common sense to know that there are only two sexes. And how to tell the difference. Stand firm, the elite call us deplorables, but we can see the truth that they can't.  I've said this countless times, it's like the story of the emperor's new clothes. The liberals and socialists are walking around naked but either don't realize it or are too afraid to admit it. And if you try to tell them, like the church of the dark ages, they will not accept facts. But we need to keep trying.