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I'm watching it disappear right in front of me. It's like...I dunno, it's like those movies you see on the history channel; the Roman Empire, or ancient Egypt, or some other civilization that obsessed over wealth, status, and power until they just withered up and died. I worry about the future. I worry about what this will mean for my own kids. The way things are going, will they have to move out of the city to find work? I can't even begin to imagine what they'll have to deal with. How do you even prepare them for that? I look up at the screen, open my mouth to speak, but I just...can't. The words get caught in my throat. This is it. This is the moment. I'm staring at it. The silence draws out, and I don't answer.