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Twitch reversed their policy after like a day, and Steam always allowed porn. “The world is deteriorating” is such a tired lament. Every generation says that,
by brookst 3y ago
Twitch reversed their policy after like a day, and Steam always allowed porn.
“The world is deteriorating” is such a tired lament. Every generation says that, even as the world gets better by every meaningful measure. The word is change. The world is changing. That’s only bad if you think it was perfect when you were young and formed your worldview.
- password54321 3y agoThis is a naive take. Since lockdowns there is a number of research that shows that the world has become worse in many ways with mental health on the decline. Since then we also have two ongoing wars, with an increase in support for far-right policies. Your take may as well be the "this is fine" meme. >Steam always allowed porn This is obviously wrong.
- brookst 3y agoAny short term measurement will show blips. It’s like saying climate change isn’t real because it gets colder at night. On long term scales, everything is improving[1]. This is obvious to anyone whose ancestors were enslaved, unable to marry because of sexual orientation, or rejected for promotion because of gender. The world is not perfect (see the wars you cite) but it is so dramatically more peaceful than historic times that it really takes a huge bias toward doom to think otherwise. Fair point on Steam, I forgot they switched from an arbitrary and capricious policy to allowing porn in 2018. 1. https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-condit...
- password54321 3y agoYou can't dismiss what's going on as a blip. You may be right, but to be more sure that is the outcome, you have to have at least a healthy level of cynicism and work against these issues. Positive change may be the trend on a long term scale, but it is not a given that it continues.