The Age of Ultra-nihilism
What Trump's win in the U.S. signals is that the world as we know it is over. The pluralism that globalization and the inter-connected human experiences that the internet once promised are now over. The replacement is a constant bombardment of constant right wing views across the globe, whether it's the U.S., Germany or India, where Muslims are the designated Problem No. 1 and people should remain where they are both physically and across the class spectrum. What this signals is that the world's 0.01% who've amassed a wealth that's several times over the remaining 99.99% shall be displaying their grotesque display of power and wealth, while at the same time ignoring any need for a meaningful action that helps the collective masses any kind of sustainable stability.
What this brings is a world that's free for all, “why should I care for someone else when no one cares for me” strain of capitalism, where individual needs are at the forefront than the collective needs, throwing collective decision making into peril. Look around you wherever you are, what was the last good public spending your local government has done that's open for people across the board without discrimination? The answer is rarely any as governments around the world are choose to trim down their expenditures by opening markets for private capital which cater to in the end, private interests.
In our private lives, technology empowers a super-personalized world view where any aberration from the norm is weeded out by the algorithm, lulling us into a space of eternal comfort for hours at an end. We're forced to think about self optimization over collective good, in a winner takes all billionaire mindset. It's not by accident that the billionaires reign over as the gods of today both culturally, a status reserved earlier for popstars and movie actors and most of the popular Western culture produced in the last decade was thirst trapping over infinite wealth.
The ideals of younger people of climate change, equity, harmony are long forgone, as a world without the American Dream of relentless greed has spread world over, in this reality the only constant is not give a damn and destroy what's around you for maximum profit, as the world ends when I do.