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Evil exists, society and it’s systems will fail you, and you have to learn to trust your gut. Overall a pretty accurate (but unfortunate) rundown of the current
by shipscode 3y ago
Evil exists, society and it’s systems will fail you, and you have to learn to trust your gut. Overall a pretty accurate (but unfortunate) rundown of the current societal decline that most will face at some point in their life. Hope this story teaches more people to keep their head on a swivel.
- soared 3y agoHow does the story relate to a “societal decline”?
- carlosjobim 3y agoBad, evil people is probably a constant. The societal decline would be parents etc not teaching their sons and daughters about the dangers in the world. Why don't parents do this? Do they want to preserve their child's "innocence" regardless of the price that might be paid?
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoI think people are far more aware of the dangers than they used to be. They just get their information online instead of through parents. For all of its faults the Internet has been very good at revealing what does happen - sometimes - as opposed to what should happen.
- justin66 3y ago> The societal decline would be parents etc not teaching their sons and daughters about the dangers in the world. Nonsense. Kids these days are as well informed and trained on threats as any kids in living memory. They aren’t even permitted to walk to school, in many cases, and are trained on how to cope with people coming to their schools to kill them.
- carlosjobim 3y agoWell if you read the article instead of rushing to write "Nonsense!", to feel like a superior hacker, you would know that the victims were children and young adults a while ago. Let's hope kids today get better advice!
- shipscode 3y agoThe societal decline was local police not giving a shit until 15+ victims organized and advocated for themselves for years.
- creer 3y agoThat's not exactly a new form of system failure.
- striking 3y agoIf anything, doesn't this article have hopeful notes about society? Sure, there's something to be said about trusting a platform too much; but there's also the part where, without that Facebook group, these women would almost certainly have never found justice. I also lament the idea that we should keep our heads on a swivel. Being a victim forever, or forever expecting to become one, sounds like an utterly terrible way to live. Having strong boundaries and knowing when to say no is really important, but I don't think that's nearly the same thing.