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Rome Wasn't Burned in a Day

Rome Wasn't Burned in a Day

From Nero's fiddle flop to LA's end-times aesthetic: our predictions for what happens next.

Aly Salem
Jan 14, 2025
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Pacific Palisades, 2025. The sky is the color of a Kendall Jenner tequila brand – that apocalyptic orange that makes every influencer reach for their iPhone to document their personal experience of the end times.

Everyone's favorite whipping boys are being trotted out: climate change, DEI policies, Gavin Newsom's hair products. It's giving very much "my dog ate my homework" energy, except the homework is an entire metropolitan area and the dog is the

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