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    Not the End of the World
    Not the End of the World
    Not the End of the World
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    Not the End of the World

    By Simon Fox

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    Fragments from a history of the 2020s, written by a distinguished 23rd-century historian. The future is far brighter than you might imagine. The 2020s are NOT the end of the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Fox
    Release dateNov 3, 2022
    ISBN9780463359716
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    Simon Fox

    Hello, everyone. My 14-part science-fiction series The FirstLord Chronicles is available here at Smashwords, plus many other ebooks, both fiction and non-fiction. Enjoy! Some facts about me: I'm a Christian, I'm English, I'm married, I'm a grandad, and I love fine English beers. Follow me on Twitter: @SimonFoxWriter

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      Not the End of the World - Simon Fox

      Not the End of the World

      The 2020s: apocalypse cancelled

      Simon Fox

      © Simon Fox 2022

      Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      The United Kingdom

      The European Union

      The USA

      Russia

      China

      Global government?

      Covid

      Race

      Gender

      Green-ism

      Snowflakery

      Truth

      Christianity

      Islam

      Space

      Key dates

      Preface

      This book is a collection of fragments from Not the End of the World by the 23rd-century English historian, Richard Smith-Khan. This text came into my hands during a temporal anomaly, the precise details of which I’m not at liberty to discuss at the present juncture. I received Smith-Khan’s book in an incomplete state, with many missing or scrambled passages. However, the material that I was able to salvage makes astonishing reading, as I think you will agree.

      Simon Fox

      November 2022

      Introduction

      Throughout the centuries, many historians have made the claim that the particular period they happen to be writing about is a turning point in history. It can easily be argued that, of course, every period is a turning point. However, I do believe there is an unusual amount of truth to the claim when it’s made about the 2020s.

      It was the cusp-moment in which there was a very real possibility that modern global civilization could collapse into chaos and barbarism – "the end

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