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Johnny101@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• architect@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m waiting for people my own age or older to insist to me it’s always been this way.

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• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.)

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  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m now saying the same thing. The future looks increasingly bleak.

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    • maskquerade@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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      It’s only going to get worse because the average person is a moron with no self-respect or self-sufficiency.

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