I disagree with the classification of these words as measured. I'm also not convinced that they're thoughtful, because none of this is really news. It's the same, as you put it, apocalyptic paranoia combined with smug superiority because he left the country. But given the publication, I don't think there's any real attempt to be measured, and he just fails at being thoughtful by mistaking snarkiness and doom-saying for thoughtfulness. He writes with the same unquestioning faith in his own beliefs and ideas of the others he decries in his writing. He even claims to predict the future with certainty. I suggest you not put too much stock in this when evaluating your own life choices.

Things are certainly bad, but this is the same kind of fear-mongering used to motivate many of the horrible developments he cites. I for one refuse to be terrorized by anyone, and instead make decisions about my life rationally.