It's never been this easy to be a radical leftist. When I was a kid, you had to protest an imperialistic war, be openly Queer in an obviously homophobic society, etc etc. These days wanting to survive in the high standard of living we enjoyed 8 years ago makes you an extremist.
grim optimism, societal death
@Leucrotta I was saying this to my friend. Part of my hope is that shit has gotten so bad that boring nose to the grindstone type folks like me have taken notice and are tired of this shit
like they are doing everything they can do kill off "inconvenient" people but they are not doing it anywhere near the levels they did with Boomers or Xers and are creating more of them just because the greed is so off the rails
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@chimerror and that’s the thing in this system. You’re either a money making opportunity or you’re an inconvenience; to be an ordinary consumer is to be that close to how the homeless and disabled are treated. And I hate how we’re basically living through 1935 and treating it like it’s 1995. It’s bad on it’s own, but given my age it conjures up bitter memories of the Reagan era when everything was officially wonderful.
grim optimism, societal death
@Leucrotta 100% I feel it's too easy as an older person to just check out and immerse yourself in familiar nostalgia
grim optimism, societal death
@chimerror right; when the good old days WERE actually better in ways that weren’t just rosy colored teen twenty something filter, how do I look backwards and forwards and acknowledge the good and ill in both, fairly?
grim optimism, societal death
@chimerror sorta tangential addendum here. Obviously now that I’m legitimately OLD, I’m working on figuring out how to live my remaining years still curious, joyous, and kind. That’s something everyone faces; it’s harder coming from my upbringing; but it’s profoundly difficult with a greater society telling me we’re all disposable sharecroppers with no future…because the GOOD people are doing well and everything’s just great. If that makes sense?