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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
- Shit wasn't of the deep end... for some countries.
- No, the current climate change situation is unparalleled in human history.

I sometimes wonder if I'll ever be inspired again. Or feel motivated.
Seeing a convict run amok and President really fucks with your mental health.
Seeing the blatantly corrupt and evil people just makes it hard to care about anything anymore.
I sometimes just stare in the dark night wondering why im still here when other people who wanted to do things are not here anymore.

It's nearly dissociative. It's utterly unreal.
- It requires a strong will, lots of courage, and a strong stomach to face and accept the state of the world. I'm still working on all that, but I feel like I'm getting closer and closer by the day.

Alexei Yurchak who was a professor of anthropology coined a term for this: Hypernormalisation.
From Wikipedia: "He introduced the word in his book 'Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation', which describes paradoxes of Soviet life during the 1970s and 1980s. He says everyone in the Soviet Union knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine any alternative to the status quo, and politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society. Over time, the mass delusion became a self-fulfilling prophecy, with everyone accepting it as the new norm rather than pretend."

This weekend I built a shed in my back yard, which was a nice bit of father-son bonding, and stockpiled ammo in case civil unrest causes widespread violence to break out in our neighborhood.
Definitely a strange vibe.
- plant food trees and gardens…

The weird thing is it's kind of more bizarre than a dystopian society. In dystopia, you know resources are scarce and that you have to defend yourself with violence. But in this actual dystopia, I can still get up and go play disc golf, pretty much without incident. There could come a day when I'm pulled over by some Nazi cop who decides to make an example of me, which face it, has been the case for some time now, but until then for little things like that, it's pretty much business as usual despite the plummet into fascism. Very weird.
- Scarcity is artificial with our level of technology and our ingenuity.
  It's a myth, we are able to produce more than enough even with many countless individuals in dire straits maintaining the world's economy/production. We produce so much that we can afford to waste incredible amounts of food and other goods without batting an eye.
  What if the individuals slaving were given the ingredients to be happy and healthy, with their human rights and needs respected?
  Personally, I believe the world would get even more productive, things would start making sense, people wouldn't have to work so hard, we'd see forward movement in our society, and without a doubt we'd see incredible advancements.
  I refuse to believe that everybody would laze about, leave the "hard" jobs unattended, and let the world rot.
  If we can work this hard while we are forced to survive, forced to live in lack while the landfills pile up to the sky — there's no way we wouldn't be incredibly more efficient if people could take a second to breathe and fill their cup. If everybody could take a second and look around and see where things could be even better, where they can make a difference, everything would surely very quickly improve.
  There's no way to convince me that "peak productivity" is everybody emptying their cup and breaking the glass to pay debts and to afford necessities.

Even when things aren't all fascist, we're still disposable wage slaves for the elite. And somehow that's what we're supposed to be working to maintain.
- I think we have to start respecting ourselves, respecting others, and teaching those concepts to people who are receptive. To me, it seems like the only way to break the cycle called slavery.
  They can dress slavery up with benefits all they want, but they don't even care to anymore. Everybody knows it's a raw deal and they are trying to scare us into thinking we have no power.
  Let's not be stuck in fear and hate, in subservience and denigration, and be sovereign and resolute in the change we want to see in the world.
  I don't need an external authority to tell me what I should believe and hope for. I don't need somebody to curb my expectations and tell me change is impossible, that we actually need to compromise for no real reason, that it is too "costly", or that it will take an extremely long time. I don't want to be told ANY of that when change is possible — these people simply gave up before they even started. No more am I going to be gaslit, and I hope others feel similarly.
  If you can't imagine a world where comprehensive solutions manifest imminently to ease suffering, you probably aren't fit for leadership. We need change now, this is absolute insanity. FUCK the perceived costs — it's infinitely more costly to continue the current state of affairs while many, many countless individuals suffer and our precious and irreplaceable planet goes up in flames.
- It's that or go full on regular slave. Even if we maintain the old status quo, we're still losing.

Isn't "everyone acting like it's normal" a dystopian nightmare trope?

I see the housing bubbles all over the world and am glad I wasn't born 10 years later. I'm also screwed for not being born 10 years earlier.
- If those bubbles pop as they're graduating college, they might get to have homes.
  Also there's a few countries that don't have housing bubbles, in Japan, 600/mo can get you a 700 sqft 2bd in a city of 10 million, in China 300 can get you that. Both these countries had bubbles that deflated.

I mean, let's be real.
It's gonna get a whole lot worse.
- I hope you're wrong. I really, really hope.
  
  Hey, at least you (still) have hope!

I hate the state of things, but what drives me crazy is pushing it in people's faces and still watching them go back to school and work and talk about whatever typical bullshit they're thinking about.
- That is pretty much how the mechanics of human consciousness works. We also know we are going to die some day, and that it is most likely not going to be very pleasant leading up to it. But we still manage to block out that knowledge of finality in our daily life.

All day everyday

Yeah. Especially living in a society actively sliding towards some of the worst features described in some of the fictional worlds I enjoyed in novels coupled with a police state. It was never perfect, ever, but the amplification of the awful parts is really depressing.

Okay, sure, the Faro plague has consumed all of Eurasia, but have you considered seeing a therapist?
- Fuck Ted Faro

Do you ever statement framed as a question?

There is no use in getting overwhelmed. I am merely getting more practiced in drinking larger and larger amounts of whiskey and smoking larger and larger amounts of cannabis to deal with it.
We all have a process
And hopefully, at least most of us will survive.
If not, for all of you fascists: I have a plan to destroy all of you that involves an enormous amount of pee. Like, so much, you can’t fucking imagine. An absolute cavalcade of pee.
Don’t try me
#PeeStrong
- The rest of us, in the civilised world, watch on from behind our fingers in horror and bewilderment
  America is a classic case of the elephant chained to a small stake as a baby
  The learnt helplessness of the population is nuts
  
  Bold of you to assume this post is limited to American neo-fascism. It absolutely resonated with me here in Germany. This "civilized world" you speak of - is it here in the room with us right now?
  
  Chained to a small stake, yes. But there's also the greater threat of being shot and told it was your fault if the stake comes out.
- After the election, I gave myself permission to become an alcoholic if I wanted. I don’t see a great future ahead.
  
  Don't do it. It's not worth it. It makes you bitter more often than numb. It's better for your mental health to channel your frustrations into something useful. Get involved somehow, make yourself useful for others. Collaborate with some direct aid org. Start making content on the internet where you speak your mind and talk about how you see the world, you might end up turning a few people.
  The thing I've noticed is that a lot of the alienation we feel is because most paid work doesn't really touch people. It's either too abstract (office work that only helps your company make money by servicing other companies so that they can make money) or direct servicing of disgruntled customers in a hurry (most customer facing work, like barista, cashier, call center, etc.). Really there's few jobs where you feel like you do something worthwhile, so try to get involved in something for your soul, something that contributes to directly building the world you want to build.

The real question is what can we do about it

Nice username
- Ah thanks 😊
  
  What's for dessert?

Well people aren't having kids anymore so I guess we're doing what we can
- Every child that isn't born is a life saved.

When the weight of the world feels overwhelming, remember this: Everything humans have ever done, every building, road, machine, and moment, makes up only a tiny fraction of this planet’s mass. We are small creatures, clinging to the surface of a vast, ancient, quietly turning sphere. The Earth itself is not in crisis. It simply is. Steady, silent, and endlessly patient. If human noise becomes too much, just place your hand on the ground. Feel the stillness. Let it remind you that you are connected to something far older, far larger, and far more enduring than any headline or heartbreak. The Earth will hold you.
- But what about the animals that are going to die?
  
  Or any number of innocent beings caught up in the worlds problems. I get you, but this is purely an immediate way to ground yourself when you're feeling overwhelmed. It's like the quiet giant under your feet all the time that you can connect with whenever you need to :)

Society has a lot of inertia.

I mean... It is normal. But that's one of the things that sucks about it.

But Momma, that's where the fun is

And pay the overwhelmed fee, no thanks.

EvErYoNe kEEps aCtINg LiKe it’s NoRMaL

"We live in a dystopia"
Said the dude
With access to running water
Food
Medicines
Rights
Technology
Opportunities
Privileges
That 99% of the whole world population doesn't have and won't ever have access to, even in their wildest dream
This dude doesn't need to worry about being sold into slavery
Or leaving his country just to avoid persecution be it political or otherwise
Or working 24/7 non stop
Or being caged just to be a source of entertainment for others
Having his limbs chopped for food.
Being used as a tool to relieve sexual stress
Being extorted into war and crime just to save his family lives
Being forced to murder and rape perks just to not be murdered himself
Or being used as a human shield against his will or else
Having his organs harvested to pay debts
Murder his own family and children to avoid them the pain of being abused and tortured to death
All things that happens daily in our current world
And yet he says he lives in a dystopia nightmare
while sitting on his couch
At his parents or his own house, owning property
Stoned out of his mind
On his latest generation phone that he probably got to pay for on easy installments or was gifted to him
Having had breakfast and a good night sleep
While having access to the sum of the whole world knowledge at his fingertips
And working a couchy desk/customer service job which requires zero skill whatsoever
Yes we hear you and feel so sorry about your pain. Let us commiserate together about how bad YOU have it.
I'd like to think people like this are not real, but in case they are, I just wish them to experience the most slowest and agonizing of lives
- You do realize that most people don't know the truth, right? That the world doesn't need to be the way it currently is? That we have the empathy, technology, and ingenuity to solve these issues with awareness and action?
- Lists all the terrible awful things going on in the world.
  How dare you complain about the suffering of others, shut up and be happy you get to have the privilege which is built on said suffering.
  What a fucking take.
  
  That's a "yet you live in a society" level meme right.
  
  Yes we all are sure now that you don't understand that is not the standard of living for everyone in the planet, hence hardly qualifying for a dystopia kennel

No, because it isn't even close to real distopia. Especially for people in most rich nations.
- Distopias can take many different forms, you haven't felt the boundaries because you haven't stretched. Also I recommend the book "brave new world" for a view of a distopia that doesn't oppress with power but softer means.
  
  Have you read your recommended book? The whole story is about overt oppression, caste-based systems, dehumanization, not about softer means. If by different forms you are saying that dystopias are often flawed utopias, then our own isn't utopic at all, we just live in the least bad times in all history.
- A boring Dystopia.
  
  It becomes less boring by the day though.
- That's subjective, obviously.
  I imagine being a migrant in the US right now would feel pretty dystopian.
  
  Lol, that's what I'm talking about, people in rich nations have absolutely warped idea of how really bad things can be (no I'm not diminishing suffering of migrants in US) and actually are for majority of himan population. We are living in the best, most abundand, most free and happy stretch of human history.