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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (9 children)

History ended sometime around 1990. It was determined at that time that civilization could not substantially change any further, for better or worse. No Mad Max or Terminator dystopias, but also no Star Trek type societies in which both social systems and technology become highly advanced. No, just a Sisyphean nightmare in which nothing meaningfully changes and an infinite, perpetual constant is maintained and managed, forever and ever, until the heat death of the universe. Instead of either dystopia or utopia we have an ever present, oppressive malaise that only the sweet release of death can liberate us from.

[–] late_pessimistic@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

History ended sometime around 1990. It was determined at that time that civilization could not substantially change any further, for better or worse

Life did get substantially worse since 1990 though?

Mass surveillance, rise of tech billionaire class, unprecedented political polarization, KYC-rollout in banks.

Ecological crisis is accelerating with tens of thousands of dead in Europe due to recent heatwaves.

edit: also Germany, Japan, Russia and China openly remilitarizing after 80 years of relative peace. This is really bad.

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