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I feel like it’s always been? I read a lot of history and there’s not many instances of peace and prosperity for all. Things considered im happy i live in the modern world, wish I could live in the pre 9/11 sweet spot, shit wasn’t off the deep end as far as it is now, and homes were affordable
There's a line in Fight Club about how Jack's generation has no great war, out no way to prove themselves. It really is a great example of how things felt pre-9/11.
I am Jack's overwhelming sense of buyer's remorse.
I recently watched that movie when I turned 40. It hits different when you’re older, when you’re a teen or young person half of it goes over your head. Especially how young people glorify it and the whole fight club thing, not grasping that the movie is about toxic masculinity among other things
No, the current climate change situation is unparalleled in human history.
Humans have been at risk of ending their own species for almost a hundred years now.
Ok but that’s hardly what this post is talking about, and tbh the Roman’s gave us a run for their money with climate change and we’re lucky they didn’t have fossil fuels
Shit wasn't of the deep end... for some countries.
It’s not possible to have prosperity and peace globally, it’s just not human nature. So even in the most prosperous utopia, war and shit always gonna happen. Reminds me of the bio shock quote “even in an equal utopia someone has to scrub the toilets”
But if you see scrubbing the toilets as a needed and fair work, paid accordingly, scrubbing the toilets stops being a shitty work (pun intended).