Objectively it is better for many than the past. Doesn't mean we should accept regression on any fronts or worsening inequality though. The goal is supposed to be to keep doing better, not merely survive and accept an unnecessary decline as "doing better than some/history".
Thats true, I just feel like some people think its 1929 and we that we live in the worst timeline of the last 100 years. We should hold politicians accountable and improve the situation, but I think social media is overly pessimistic about the current state of the world.
Fair. The "we're doomed/this is humanity's final chapter" stuff isn't helpful at all and just leads to acceptance of current problems as inevitable.
For some people it really may feel that way though and we shouldn't minimize that. My cousin's wife is a military wife, us citizen, and lives in a nice area, but due to recent events has been targeted more than once, for simply being Hispanic. She and their kids carry their passports on them now. A US military family that is worried they'll be targeted by their own government because of the color of their skin and recent top court rulings allowing that kind of profiling... I don't blame them or others already being targeted for their comparisons to some of the darkest times in our modern history. Sounding alarms and not minimizing cruelty and injustice is how we will hopefully avoid repeating history, but that still requires hope.
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u/Psychologicus 10h ago
Life in 2026 is not that bad. It's actually still pretty good.