Cross-posted from "No, it's not 'normal'." by @DougHolland@lemmy.world in !aiop@lemmy.world
Constant competition is exhausting. We should cooperate more.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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Don't you ever think, how is it possible most people does not realise how much better life could be? How good we all could be living right now.
It drives me insane tbh
But then how could they feel superior over those "lessor thans" especially race related issues. I swear we would have such a better life of the whites in power were not doing everything they could to keep poc down
Say it louder please.
There's 8 billion people on this earth and the competition is getting really tiring. It's not even merit based any more and I'm not sure when it last was.
Well, there's the issue, human lives have been cheapened way too much.
Humans need to be so precious, that people beg for babies again.
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This is why history repeats itself. New generations grow up, just like you did, thinking all this shit has been this way forever and it is just how it is. It is hard as a human to get perspective around that. So the cycle continues.
We’re running hunter gatherer hardware with intense survival instincts designed to protect us from getting eaten by sabretooth tigers in the age of anxiety.
We pay in sabertooth tigers for sabertooth tigers, and hey, your sabertooth tiger boss would like to show you a sabertooth tiger, just scroll down on your mobile sabertooth tiger, skip a few sabertooth tigers, click the tiger, and then you should see a sabertooth tiger.
And do not sleep. There are tigers.
It is normal. Its just not entirely in alignment with biology. This entire system requires constant upkeep to compensate for that misalignment. I want to be on a beach eating fruit from the trees and fucking and dancing and signing all day. Unfortunately, I need to pay another human for the right to exist in whatever space I'm currently occupying so they don't commit violence against me.
Tell that to a farmer
1000%, these aren't new concepts that were invented alongside coinage.
Tbh humans have it better now than ever before. Making claims of "normal" is pretty silly, lol. Long life spans aren't normal. Retirement is not normal. Not living in fear of wild animals is not normal. Etc.
But yes, things can be and therefore should be better. That's the only real argument. Saying anything else just harms the cause.
Of course retirement is normal, societies have taken care of the elderly and infirm, people with disabilities of any kind, children, and so on.
Are you kidding?
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