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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ok Carl Sagan you have a way with words and rock the leisure suit turtleneck combo but this isn't the 90s anymore. It is 2024. The Middle East is on fire over who has the best skydaddy, American democracy has under a year left before the evangelicals start opening concentration camps, Russia is about finished up in Ukraine, and the PRC is going to make sure that there is one China soon.

So excuse me for not being hopeful when I am having to spend money and time making sure my daughters have citizenship in another country to flee to before we go all Gilead.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine having all the collected knowledge of the human race and its history in your pocket and not thinking that the world is safer and more secure than it's ever been.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Imagine not knowing what a mean is. Doesnt really do much good for some kid in Jerusalem or Gaza with dead parents to know that the population of Kenya is doing slightly better off, as a whole, compared to fifty years ago.

So sick of neoliberal bullshit