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> At this point I’m carrying so many electronic devices with me or at home that I’ve give up on going out of my way to prevent getting tracked As much as I hat

• mongol 4y ago
  I start to think that in an ordinary human lifetime it is more likely than not to experience disaster. If you were born in 1945 and are still alive today, you may have picked the most lucky period to have lived through of all possible. I am not concvinced the next 75 years will be as peaceful as the past 75.
  • giantg2 4y ago
    I'm not sure how true that is. I think it's dependent on location really or country for conflicts. Some places have seen a lot of violence. Violent crime rates were pretty high in some areas too.
    • mongol 4y ago
      Yes I realize it is not a very general statement. Many places have experienced conflicts also during this period. But in average, I think it may still be true.
  • Consultant32452 4y ago
    • mijamo 4y ago
      Those are most likely by far not the worst things that would have happened to somebody being born in 1945. And also very little compared to what other generations have endured, or even what other countries experienced in the last 75 years, and for some still right now.
    • KoftaBob 4y ago
      > Several cities in the US were firebombed nightly for months in 2020. What? What is this referring to?
      • r2_pilot 4y ago
        From the general tone of the rest of the comment, it's likely they're referring to actions taken adjacent to the Black Lives Matter protests which were depicted in some news media as being like a war zone. Oddly, none of the cities today look like, I don't know, Ukraine. But some people will make mountains from molehills.
        • ioslipstream 4y ago
          But they were mostly peaceful mountains. Right?
          • the_sleaze9 4y ago
            You seem to be strangely emotionally invested in this issue. Did you witness these events yourself?
            • Consultant32452 4y ago
              They were live streamed. I watched hundreds of hours of live feeds showing wide-spread violence, looting and burning down buildings. Have there been worse conditions in the world? Obviously. But this isn't a competition for who had the worst things happen to them in all of history.
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• giantg2 4y ago
  "Equally, today caring about my privacy is just adding a lot of friction to me daily live. 50 years from now, I have no guarantee that myself or someone in my family becomes 'a person of interest' for my government." Careful there. Now you're sounding like you you don't want to obey the government/laws if you don't agree with what is created in the future. At least this has been the argument around many gun laws that create registries, quasi-registries, or release identity information publically, especially with the Overton window and rhetoric. Edit: why disagree? Really, still no response? Isn't this the general play that is being mentioned in the prior comment - information gathered now can be used against them by the government in the future when the laws change or are ignored? Is this only an issue when it's applied to some people or topics but not others?
• moduspol 4y ago
  Yes. Second amendment supporters often make the same point.
• andrepd 4y ago
  > But a democratic state today can become autocratic 50 years from now. It can happen in years, nevermind decades.