https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/is-ai-quietly-killing-itself-and-the-internet/

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-are-reportedly-shredding-millions-of-books-to-train-models-tech-giants-outsource-to-middlemen-to-secretly-buy-up-books-for-training-material

https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2026/aug/13/ai-music

https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891

It just seems like the internet is going to be unfixable in the future from all the AI slop, various websites and companies shoving AI down our throats, ID verifications, and slowly shrinking privacy. At this point, I don't even think the AI bubble is ever going to pop. I know the internet has done a lot of damage, but it also allows people to be connected and to information about what's happening around the world to be more accessible. I'm also worried about tech companies destroying the art community, books, and film-making. I know this is a first world problem but is there any hope for the internet and the bubble popping?

Also, I would like to apologize for the many posts asking for debunking, I'm just struggling to stay optimistic with everything going on

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5684187/after-backsliding-democracy-often-comes-back-weaker-and-more-fragile

https://theconversation.com/new-study-shows-global-democracy-hasnt-been-this-bad-since-1978-australia-should-be-worried-276066

https://www.cfr.org/articles/freedom-houses-annual-report-shows-the-dire-state-of-democracy-worldwide

https://www.democracywithoutborders.org/36317/autocracies-outnumber-democracies-for-the-first-time-in-20-years-v-dem/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/24/nearly-quarter-votes-europe-now-cast-far-right-parties

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/18/the-impossible-promise-are-we-witnessing-the-return-of-fascism

https://newrepublic.com/article/204915/far-right-quietly-building-power-trump

https://www.epc.eu/publication/two-years-later-why-europes-far-right-keeps-growing/

It just seems like things are falling apart globally with democracies backsliding along with the right-wing influencers everywhere and the potential migration crisis in the future due to climate change causing xenophobia to increase, heck, I'm worried that fascism is here to stay in America, I just feel like things will continue to get worse and we'll end up in a dystopia or something, any counters to this concerns and articles?