<bq author="Ronald Wright" source="Chris Hedges on SubStack" caption="We Are Not the First Civilization to Collapse, But We Will Probably Be the Last" href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/we-are-not-the-first-civilization">We are cheating our children, handing them tawdry luxuries and addictive gadgets while we take away what’s left of the wealth, wonder and possibility of the pristine Earth.</bq>