Since this article is regarding USA, it’s worse than that. We are living in the golden age of insanity.
Delusional religious people and sociopathic Nazis have taken over USA.

For the civilized world there are warning signs, but insanity is unlikely to take control.

Worse than, say, the dark ages?

“Dark Ages” comes from Renaissance and Enlightenment scholars saying, “Thank God we’re so smart. Those people were morons.”

Also, it was after Rome really fell apart, darker times then the Empire certainly.