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That stuff is peanuts compared to the 1960s-1980s certainty of World War III and all of civilization being nuked into glowing cinders (a well justified fear aft
by ThrowawayR2 3y ago
That stuff is peanuts compared to the 1960s-1980s certainty of World War III and all of civilization being nuked into glowing cinders (a well justified fear after two world wars with tens of millions of deaths and major cities bombed to rubble preceded by decades of war after war before that between major powers), wealth inequality (yeah, it was incredibly bad back then too), bad economy (e.g. the stagflation and oil crisis of the '70s), and pollution (ah, the sweet smell of exhaust from leaded gasoline literally everywhere, how I don't miss it, and don't forget rivers catching on fire from industrial pollution).
Mate, you don't even know what "fucked" (quoting the parent post) looks like.
- BadHumans 3y agoThe generation this article is concerned about killing themselves didn't live during that time. They have no frame of reference for how things were worse back then and are better now. The only thing they now is that things are bad now. In fact, saying that "we had it way worse" is probably a sentiment that leads to people stuffing their feelings because "what do I have to complain about" until it gets to the point that they off themselves.
- NoGravitas 3y agoThings in the 20th century were fucked, but almost everyone believed at a bone-deep level that things were getting better. That whatever problems society was facing would eventually be solved, and that for individuals, there was a path to improving their lives. Even dissidents who didn't believe in their society's mythologies believed that a better world was possible. Young people today don't have that belief. And they're probably correct. Our society is visibly committed to not solving any of the problems facing it, and the levers of decision-making are very clearly out of the hands of anyone who cares about solving them.