A couple of fantastic blog posts I found. You won't find this stuff in the New York Times.
The first is by Malcom Kyeyune, whom I was not previously familiar with:
https://tinkzorg.wordpress.com/2021/08/16/farewell-to-bourgeois-kings/
and by the great John Michael Greer, who kindly endorsed my latest book:
https://www.ecosophia.net/potemkin-nation/