• enbyecho@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is the better future?

    Are you clothed and eat enough? Do live in a place that is basically comfortable? Do you never really fear for your safety? Do you have freedom of expression and choices and opportunities in the world?

    On average, yes, it is better than the past, especially for people in North America and Europe. I could list all the reasons why, for me personally… like the fact that I’m not beaten or killed for my gender identity and that I can marry my partner who can have a successful career despite their race. But I suggest as an exercise you consider how your life would be in, say, 1924. If you can’t come up with anything, huge congrats on your privilege.

    It’s easy to forget what it could be like and when we are relatively comfortable and complacent to get into the mindset of complaining that we only have a 55" TV and can’t afford to buy a house. It’s easy to forget that others don’t even have that level of comfort and that but for lucky circumstance we could be that “other”.

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      So we’re talking big picture across history and the entire species, and not within the scope of meaningful political power of the eminent global hegemon.

      But the question is about a better future. Going back in time for context ignores that. There have definitely been pathways to better futures that were missed, but that appears to be disagreeable.

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      4 months ago

      like the fact that I’m not beaten or killed for my gender identity

      …yet. The fact that dems are backing an ethnic cleansing SHOULD clue people in that they’ll be working their way down the list soon but this “well MY life doesn’t suck complete ass yet so its BLUE NO MATTER THE CRIMES” attitude of rewarding them for continually sprinting further right keeps people from considering the reality of that.

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        4 months ago

        Can you tell me who is next on the list of these evils dems exactly? I haven’t been on faux news or Trooth social in at least 3 hours so I can’t remember

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          4 months ago

          “Everyone I disagree with is a Trump supporter” find a new shtick, over halls blue MAGA bullshit.