My parents left me better off than they were
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anistorian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s not the failure of our parents, it’s the exploitation by the capitalist class, that did this.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mine too, because my parents are fucking mental.
anon@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
Yeah, it sucks to write this, but the capitalists were simply smarter than everyone else, and they’ve gotten to such a level of control and power that it seems like opportunities for any kind of systemic change are either incredibly hard or non-existent.
I don’t think this situation is at all comparable to the time of past revolutions. There’s simply too much asymmetry here in not just wealth, but also knowledge, technology, focus and so on. So many people are distracted by trivial things, and if they’re fighting at all, than they’re fighting their neighbors with a slightly different political view.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also we have (in the west) basically the foundation of Maslow’s pyramid of needs covered, more or less. Revolutions are 3 meals away they say, and I don’t see that happening.
anon@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Yeah, do I hate the way things are? Absolutely!
Will I do something about it, apart from talking and voting? No.
I know this is part of the problem, and yet I feel zero motivation to do more, at least right now, because, as you mentioned, the basic needs are covered, and also because there’s still so much stuff to do (work, maintenance, …) and enjoy (music, movies, games, …)