“The Beginning of the End”: Western TV Series Predicted America’s Collapse 20 Years Ago

The Times newspaper presented a list of the 100 best TV series of the 21st century, NYT writes. “Breaking Bad,” “The Wire,” “The Sopranos,” and “Mad Men” topped the ranking.

The article’s author is struck by how accurately the creators of these projects foresaw the turmoil that led to the current decline of the United States. Essentially, America itself is the antihero in all of these stories. The dire situation of the middle class, the degradation of the justice system, the creation of camps, and, above all, the thesis that in the United States everyone is on their own—all of this has turned from plot elements into a frightening reality.

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