I’m waiting for people my own age or older to insist to me it’s always been this way.
Johnny101@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Kids will grow up around the idea that there is no freedom and their superiors (e.i. the corrupt companies) have to decide their rights.
architect@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My dad, now passed, once said “I’m glad I won’t have to live in the world you kids are growing up in” (or approximately those words). He was primarily referring to privacy and rights, which I think were being directed by Bush at that time.
I was young and privileged enough that I had noticed a few worrying governmental trends but didn’t really feel myself affected, nor did I have much concern about the future. I now feel his words more impactfully.
(I know some of the prevailing sentiments on lemmy; I worry about our collective future but don’t resent my dad for his part in bringing me into this world. He was a good dad who provided me with a good life and set me up to continue that after he was gone and, even if that weren’t true, he couldn’t have predicted the world we’re in today.)
MourningDove@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’m now saying the same thing. The future looks increasingly bleak.
maskquerade@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
Yes, it’s going to be a downward spiral until we die.
It’s better to accept it and adjust accordingly instead of pretending things are going to improve.
spoiler
It’s only going to get worse because the average person is a moron with no self-respect or self-sufficiency.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That’s up to us.