Not every generation has scientific proof of the world going to shit
Comment on The world is going to shit. Is there anything I can do about it? No, so I move on.
Palewon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Every generation says the world is going to shit. Sure aspects suck but generally we live in the best times humanity has ever seen.
amzd@kbin.social 7 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Including this one
amzd@kbin.social 7 months ago
Scientific consensus is that climate change is going to fuck us hard and that we’re not doing enough to slow it down
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Capitalist propaganda
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes and no. I mean most of us enjoy a climate controlled living situation. Four walls and a roof that doesn’t leak on us. Indoor plumbing. Multiple ways to travel long distances in short lengths of time. We have these things better than royalty of 125 years ago did.
On the other hand there’s probably never been this much collective anxiety among humanity at any point in history. We have a very small group of very wealthy individuals working very hard to ensure only them and their chosen enjoy the fruits of mass labor when we’re at a point where everyone’s quality of lives could be improving at a much faster rate if everyone was on the same page.
Palewon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The only difference is social media let’s us see the anxiety. I’m sure during the bubonic plague, the stock market crash, and the world wars plenty of people had high anxiety.
Globally, crime is at all time lows, extreme poverty is at all time lows, in most countries people can say they are gay without being killed.
Yes we have major problems but I stand by my statement that the average human is better off today than any other time in history.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Bread and circus. There are some fundamentally broken aspects of society that can’t be glossed over with a Mitsubishi SVZ-KP12NA 1 Ton 18 SEER Ducted Central Air Inverter Heat Pump Split System. At no other point in modern history has the population been forced to labor as much as it does today. We are enjoying none of the fruits of our labor aside from minor conveniences that were still being forced to pay for. Income inequality is worse than ever in modern history.. Year-to-year fluctuations don’t counter the fact that we are on a centuries-running downturn that shows no sign of turning course anytime soon.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 months ago
People had to routinely work 12 hour days up to the 1930s. Labor conditions are bad now, but it’s wrong to say they were never worse.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Income inequality is the one statistic you can point to when all the other economic stats show things getting better.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 months ago
At no other point has the population been forced to labor as much as it does today
Are you not considering the time before the 40 hour work week was implemented?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We can’t necessarily judge the stability of the underlying system by the material conditions it produces at any given moment.
DrCake@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sees climate change waving in the distance
Palewon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Agreed it’s a big problem but there are a lot of people and countries actively trying to fix things. I definitely feel like we are living in the Twilight Zone in more recent years but still overall the average person is living a better life now than any other time in human history.
Montagge@kbin.earth 7 months ago
oh boy we got iPhones and lost everything else!
Floufym@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In the distance? Glaciers are now only the shadow of what they were. 80% of insects are gone. Bees are lost. Etc.