• Johanno
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    3 months ago

    Well yes we are complaining on a high level. However why should we suffer more than our parents? Why should we let our children suffer even more?

    We see the decline in wealth in the community and still don’t act. Because it is too much out of our comfort zone.

    Yes technologically we are in much better position than 70 years ago. However economically and regarding the global climate we are fucked.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      Well yes we are complaining on a high level. However why should we suffer more than our parents? Why should we let our children suffer even more?

      Oh, don’t get me wrong! We absolutely shouldn’t let that happen. My only point is saying “The past is worse” is to pre-empt any romanticized view of the past. Things are bad now - really fucking bad. We absolutely need to fight and fight hard, both for ourselves, our children, and human society as a whole.

      However economically and regarding the global climate we are fucked.

      Economically, I think, we’ll be fine. Or, at least, there is long-term hope.

      Climate? Yeah. At this point, the death toll and general human cost is going to be ugly. Arguably, it already is pretty ugly, but it’s gonna get way worse.