Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We've come far, and have further to go!

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[–] Jesse@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ this thread. The technicalities aren't the point. You are allowed to find happiness where you can in an imperfect world that contains suffering. It doesn't mean you'll be complacent to injustice. Fighting against injustice can be done without thinking the world is hopeless dogshit. There's satisfaction that can be justifiably had, through means other than smug superiority at knowing all the depressing truths of the world, or the sympathy of others for your problems. We feed ourselves so much rage and sadness via the internet, can we not have a palate-cleanser like this without chewing it up and spitting it out, and then going back to gorging on more?

[–] RubberDucky@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Holy shit, I thought you were kidding but this whole thread is just full of sad people.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de -1 points 9 months ago

The thingeis: the world is getting less free and inequality has been constantly rising in the last decades.

This Steven Pinker BS is advertising complacency, while we should agitate people to fight for a better world.

If you want to be optimistic, look around for the average kindness of everyday live inside communities. The FOSS community, unions, mutual aid in neighborhoods etc. This would lift you up and point in the direction where things could get better.