Everyone just keeps acting like its normal
That's a common trope in dystopian settings.
The youngest people in the society don't understand that anything is even wrong. The rich folks have a vested interest in people being more afraid of foreigners and domestic terrorists than any government malfeasance. And the working class is so occupied with simple survival that they see no real opportunity to revolt... until something really falls off the rails, at which point the military moves in to suppress dissent with maximum bloodshed.
I think this vision usually comes to be when people aren't aware of how much worse other people have it, or how much worse was in the past.
Sure nowdays there are a lot of terrible things happening, but we have the best tools ever to fix them.
The world needs a bit more of optimism, the only way we can start fixing our problems is acting like we can.
Potential convicted felon president with many active indictments looking to give himself blanket immunity for all crime and appointing himself dictator president for life. All while every year is the hottest year on record, there isn't enough housing, actually nazis feel safe to actively demonstrate in public, a million less Americans are alive post COVID and all of the world's wealth is split between 7 people and all the world's companies owned by 4 parent companies...
What the fuck are you talking about dystopian?
And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth but prefer lies
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Why go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat, live in decline
Be the victim of our own design
The status quo, built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?Fellow members
Club "We've got ours"
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his and I've got mine
Meet the declineNOFX - The Decline
No. I'm familiar with history. It is normal.
That's because a lot of people are profiting from things being the way they are. And the rest of them are too scared and traumatized to risk saying anything.
That's how it always happens, unfortunately. "Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me."
What's the alternatives? Depression & Suicide? Rise up in revolution out of general malaise? Or just post memes and hope something happens to change the status quo? Covid showed us that another world was at least possible, but it also brought on a lot of the ridiculous greed we're seeing now too.
Yes.
First world graffiti-mask-profile-picture cringe.
It's normal because we kinda live it...
All the time
Thats the point at which you have to close that window to the world and focus on your own.
A Brave New World...
Pretty much all the time no big deal
its because there are no communities anymore. capitalism posioned the nuclear family and communities.
This is the most Lemmy ass shit I’ve seen all day.
https://www.jamesmollison.com/where-children-sleep
We are privileged. Gratitude is hard.
UhOh did mum forget to buy Doritos when she went to the shop and you’re comparing your life to the holocaust ..again?
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that many commenting can’t be bothered to look up the definition of dystopia. The laziness and failure to learn is what makes this dystopian.
From my observation, if the western world would just mind its fkin business, the rest of the world would be happy and we wouldn't be thinking about WWIII.
I do hope one day that everything of everything gets declassified. Rip that bandaid off and prepare the guillotines (for all the oppressors and transgressors of humanity).
