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abbadon420@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoI disagree. It has changed and morphed. The weights have shifted, some parts have gotten better, while others have dropped. Overall, quality of life is better now than it was in 1960. Of course this is all immensely subjective and the viewpoint of a homeless person in Moskou cannot be compared to a family man working middle management in Los Angeles.
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yes, the quality of life is certainly better not being able to afford a home with two working couples and being forced to go into debt for decades⌠Thatâs why no one ever has any beef with boomers who regurgitate things like your comment.
abbadon420@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Life being more expensive is one of the things that has gotten worse, but it is not the only factor that determines quality of life.
Think of medical advances. Many conditions arenât an immediate death sentence now, like cancer or aids. Life expectancy has grown by a decade since 1960. Old people can be independant for longer. Women can vote and have rights. Black people donât have to ride in the back of the bus. Thereâs tons of technological advances that make life better. The first one that comes to mind are video games. Ergonomics clearly wasnât a thing back in the 60âs, judging from those chairs. There werenât many other labour rights either, black lung was just a necessary evil.
Todayâs financial landscape certainly sucks. Itâs practically been a constant crisis since 2008. Life sucks. Always has and always will. Iâm not denying that, thereâs just nothing I or you can do about it. If life wants to fuck you itâs going to fuck you. Best you can do is enjoy the diner and the movie.
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Medical advances do not matter if they make you bankrupt or you cannot get access to them. Living a longer life with worse power of acquisition is both a load for society and a drain on their longterm quality of life (nevermind how it depends on a system of infinitely increasing population growth). Women voting and blacks riding in the back of buses is a US thing, one that is regressing. Videogames are an improvement on the quality of entertainment, if you are going to judge that as quality of life put yourself in a tube and live in VR, Now we export black lung to raw goods providers in China and Africa.
Youâve lost a huge amount of power of acquisition, but at least even though those things you can acquire are on the cheaper side, thereâs more and newer options to choose from. The loss of those jobs have consequences, even if they bring advancement.