In the 20th century, the nation built floodwalls and dams to tame mother nature. The dams created water reservoirs and provided electricity.

In the 21st century, we are tearing them down in the benighted belief that nature is pure and everything man makes is a sin. Then they tell us they will replace our stakes with meat made in a lab.

Oh, and you will eat bugs.

But the biggest problem with this century are the lies. The media outlets no longer are content with telling just one side of a story. No, now they make things up and report on imaginary facts. The Russian election interference hoax was used to discredit the 2016 election. The insurrection hoax was used to discredit legitimate concerns about the 2020 election and to throw shade on the 2024 election.

[I still think the 20th century was worse, if nothing else then just in terms of body counts from totalitarian regimes. On the other hand, we’re only a quarter of the way through this century, and America is sliding into authoritarianism this time around. — Ed]