This really is the crux of the problem. Too many regular people actually want some sort of apocalypse and rampant death, rather than do any of the much harder work of trying to understand and improve the world step-by-step as our forebears did.
I blame neo-liberalism and the rat-racey, efficiency-driven pursuit of wealth at any cost that it has encouraged. This is breaking down the more personal, community-oriented lifestyle that humans evolved to participate in. This in turn is fueling a culture war where people misapply blame for the breakdown of community and personal relationships to the perceived loss of their own personal traditions, as they inappropriately equate those specific traditions with the overall sense of community that is slipping away from them.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This really is the crux of the problem. Too many regular people actually want some sort of apocalypse and rampant death, rather than do any of the much harder work of trying to understand and improve the world step-by-step as our forebears did.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I blame all the dystopian YA novels.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I blame neo-liberalism and the rat-racey, efficiency-driven pursuit of wealth at any cost that it has encouraged. This is breaking down the more personal, community-oriented lifestyle that humans evolved to participate in. This in turn is fueling a culture war where people misapply blame for the breakdown of community and personal relationships to the perceived loss of their own personal traditions, as they inappropriately equate those specific traditions with the overall sense of community that is slipping away from them.