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Apprehensive_Ring_46 t1_j22kyuu wrote

Reply to comment by jhirn in What do you imagine the world will look like in 2050? by psychosil444

20 years ago, when you got on a bus or in a cafe, everyone wasn't glued to their phones and laptops. The end of informal social interaction.

The rise in political extremism is unfathomable in a modern society, but here we are. Where will we go with this?

Don't worry about Covid, what about the next one?

Tens of thousands living on the streets in America? And no end in sight of that? And in 30 years?

I was born in '56.

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jhirn t1_j22m8n8 wrote

It probably looks that way but people don’t want to talk to you on a bus or in a cafe. Kids are doing just fine, despite how you think they should be behaving. When you talk about political extremism, be reminded 27,000 people were killed, per day, for 4 years during WW2. The Afghan war went on for 20 years and estimated casualties are under 200k. Any loss of life is awful and war sucks, but let’s not act like this “rise in facism” is resulting in atrocities of the same scale.

Just because the media makes its money fear mongering doesn’t mean we’re worse off by any means.

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Rabid_Sloth_ t1_j2309i2 wrote

I'm on your side here but I'd just give up here lol. People don't realize that we live in the most civilized time in human history.

I mean, it's been less than a hundred years since being able to have a flushed toilet was common...

People just like to complain.

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jhirn t1_j230cso wrote

Ha. Thx don’t worry about me tho. I’m certainly not worried about these fools.

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Rabid_Sloth_ t1_j230mp2 wrote

Reddit and the internet in general truly is something else. A few weeks back this dude tried arguing with me about gun control EVEN THOUGH HE AGREED WITH WHAT I WAS SAYING. He just didn't like the point I used. Smh. Why I rarely get into it with people on here.

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Gtuf1 t1_j253id0 wrote

It’s all a very negative outlook on the world. People born in the 1920s May have thought the same about the sexual Revolution or the 60s that people born in the early 50s brought about. Was it really so terrible in the context of the greater history?

I doubt it.

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