Choices narrow, freedoms restrict, responsibilities build
I don’t think freedoms really restrict, I think we end up restricting ourselves because we prioritize those responsibilities over our own desires. I think it’s just our perception of what we can do changes, and we get more realistic about what we can achieve.
As you said, as we get older, we get more personal power and experience, and we have the option to try to pursue those, or to take the “easier” path and stick to our responsibilities. I find myself copping-out all the time (i.e. I have kids, so I don’t spend time protesting/lobbying for change), yet I totally could make the time for other things if I really prioritize it. In fact, I’ve been considering running for office because I hate my local reps, I just haven’t committed to it yet. But I could totally do it if I really wanted to.
Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’m saying from the 70’s to the 80’s things got less sexist, less conservative, more liberating, more free speech. Same thing happened from the 80’s to the 90’s. Possibly same from 90’s to 00’s (or maybe largely the same). Then 00’s to 10’s the trend reversed, then 10’s to 20’s that reversal continued.
Now here we are.
What I am saying is. Whenever I talked to people about university that were older than me it seemed better in their view and mine. Everyone I talked about university after seems it got worse in their view and mine.
Same for childhood and same for 20’s (2008 being an exception). I also noticed this about travelling to other countries.
theneverfox@pawb.social 5 days ago
Because things oscillate. There is progress in response to cruelty, then you have regression that grows to resist the change
This has happened for all of recorded of human history.
The difference now is our power. Humanity always polluted, but we never could poison the whole world. Humanity always had ethnic cleansing, but it was once dozens instead of millions. Humanity always exploited the powerless, but now the powerful have more power while the rest have even less
If we weather this storm, things will becomr so much better in reaction. If. Extinction is a real possibility for the first time since our genetic bottleneck… We have the ability to extinct our species in multiple ways
But if we manage to hold on, the pendulum will turn. The dawn will be brighter than the darkness, of if we can hold on