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TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee āØ6ā© āØhoursā© agoYes, 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 decadesā¦ Thatās why no one ever has any beef with boomers who regurgitate things like your comment.
abbadon420@lemm.ee āØ5ā© āØhoursā© 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 arenāt 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 donāt have to ride in the back of the bus. Thereās tons of technological advances that make life better. The first one that comes to mind are video games. Ergonomics clearly wasnāt a thing back in the 60ās, judging from those chairs. There werenāt many other labour rights either, black lung was just a necessary evil.
Todayās financial landscape certainly sucks. Itās practically been a constant crisis since 2008. Life sucks. Always has and always will. Iām not denying that, thereās just nothing I or you can do about it. If life wants to fuck you itās going to fuck you. Best you can do is enjoy the diner and the movie.
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee āØ4ā© āØhoursā© 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.
Youāve lost a huge amount of power of acquisition, but at least even though those things you can acquire are on the cheaper side, thereās more and newer options to choose from. The loss of those jobs have consequences, even if they bring advancement.