That was a cool detail. I agree with you humanity cannot go back to darker times. Every system has had its chance to show what it can do for people and what it can do to people and places.
Some build and leave a heritage; others destroy and leave nothing but trauma and more resentment.
Whether one systme prevails harmonically is the ever present question. I guess that's not going to happen, but reason, prosperity and open-mindedness must prevail over ignorance and violence.