oh, it just must be Peak Everything

how much larger can the scales possibly get?
how much more destructive can the weapons possibly get?
how much more extreme can the inequalities possibly get?
how much more congested can the cities and highways get?
how much more insane can the surfeits possibly get?
how much more intimidating can the technologies possibly get?
how much vaster can the scopes possibly get?
how much more impersonal can the institutions possibly get?
how much more odious can the exploitations possibly get?
how much more toxic can the pollutions possibly get?
how much more habitat can possibly be destroyed?
how much more affluent can the Princetons and Rumsons possibly get?
how much more alienated and bereft can the masses possibly get?

. . . have to believe we’ve hit a peak