That sounds so over the top, but itтАЩs actually true. Saying things like тАШitтАЩs the end of the worldтАЩ is kind of true isnтАЩt it? I mean if this takes off, where lies humanity?
I didn't mean Biblical end of the world, just kind of....fall of Rome, fall of the Mongols, fall of the British Empire. Frankly, a new impending Dark Age marked by mutual, all-around willful ignorance and fear of reason. A conscious turning to superstition and ignorance the way I've seen with people who adhere to fundamentalist religions. Like, I can imagine potentially a real breakdown in society in which we'll find out very quickly who the truly marginalized are when Darwin takes over and it's survival of the fittest and strongest. It won't bode well for women and POC...or maybe white people if we're in the minority by then, and the far left wins. But whichever side wins, the good little girls and boys who do and think what they're told will be given status over the rest of us. Just thinking out loud...and very extremely. That it's one way things could do, esp with climate changing throwing us all into upheaval. But Stephen Pinker shows us that we suffer dips in good times for humanity, but that progress *does* move forward - and makes more peoples' lives better. Not everyone benefits but he notes that there were far fewer poor people in the last say 50 years than there were earlier in history. The number of the poor keeps moving downward. We may be in an ugly dip but it may well move back up again. It's ultimately up to all of us. And here's the thing...the far left & right (woke/Trumpies) are actually *in the minority* - if you check out humantribes.us you find that together they comprise about 8% of American political thought - which means the rest of us, however scattered across the spectrum of politics and apathy, don't want either of these mf'ers ruling *anything*!
I so desperately want to create and move to a safe country with other sane people.
Haha me too. I read a lot about positivity, strength & resilience, but mostly I just want to run away from everyone, driving me insane!!
I feel like the world is falling apart around us.
That sounds so over the top, but itтАЩs actually true. Saying things like тАШitтАЩs the end of the worldтАЩ is kind of true isnтАЩt it? I mean if this takes off, where lies humanity?
I didn't mean Biblical end of the world, just kind of....fall of Rome, fall of the Mongols, fall of the British Empire. Frankly, a new impending Dark Age marked by mutual, all-around willful ignorance and fear of reason. A conscious turning to superstition and ignorance the way I've seen with people who adhere to fundamentalist religions. Like, I can imagine potentially a real breakdown in society in which we'll find out very quickly who the truly marginalized are when Darwin takes over and it's survival of the fittest and strongest. It won't bode well for women and POC...or maybe white people if we're in the minority by then, and the far left wins. But whichever side wins, the good little girls and boys who do and think what they're told will be given status over the rest of us. Just thinking out loud...and very extremely. That it's one way things could do, esp with climate changing throwing us all into upheaval. But Stephen Pinker shows us that we suffer dips in good times for humanity, but that progress *does* move forward - and makes more peoples' lives better. Not everyone benefits but he notes that there were far fewer poor people in the last say 50 years than there were earlier in history. The number of the poor keeps moving downward. We may be in an ugly dip but it may well move back up again. It's ultimately up to all of us. And here's the thing...the far left & right (woke/Trumpies) are actually *in the minority* - if you check out humantribes.us you find that together they comprise about 8% of American political thought - which means the rest of us, however scattered across the spectrum of politics and apathy, don't want either of these mf'ers ruling *anything*!