It's always darkest before the dawn, r-right guys?
Tfw if you had told me 13 years ago that things would be worse now i wouldn't have believed you
Parker Morales
Jordan Hill
read some history if you think right now is bad.
Brody Cruz
Don't worry user. We all die eventually anyway.
James Adams
"It's always darker before it goes completely black"
t. Mao the dong
Adam Adams
t. Steven Pinker apologist
Zachary Long
Well if you're a westerner, yeah. But if you live in one of the many perpetual warzones or are one of the billion that live in terrible poverty, you wouldn't be so keen to call our age a good one
David Nguyen
being a westerner today is worse than 50 years ago too
Brandon Ortiz
Yes, but we can't see the future. We don't know if it's darkest now, or if it's going to get even darker.
If things get too bad you can always use quantum suicide to select for universes in which things improve.
Charles Long
A classic meme.
Isaiah Johnson
How exactly?
I wake up to my personal assistant computer alarm going off on time as I scheduled it, grab my phone which has a battery so large that I won't have to worry about charging it for the whole day. Then I get in my car, and drive phenomenal speeds with ease and comfort, knowing that if I were to be struck by another car, or hit something of my own fault, that I will be perfectly fine, as my car has a perfect 5 star safety crash test rating. If I feel a little crazy and decide to go over the speed limit and get pulled over, I do so confidently, knowing that the dashcam and bodycam the officer is wearing will accurately record our entire interaction. I go to work and sit in a comfortable, air conditioned room, where I am entitled to breaks, both paid and unpaid, but I spend more time browsing the internet then I actually do working. My boss leaves me alone, and expects I meet my deadlines. He does not touch or speak down to any of my co-workers, as he would be tried by a jury of his peers and then sent to jail if they believe he is innocent.
All of that was not possible 50 years ago for a single westerner, and now all of it is possible.
Owen Brown
Fuck, meant to say guilty, you know what I mean.
Evan Cooper
Nicholas Hernandez
Congratulations on finding a spot in the modern Western labor aristocracy. But know two things: first, that your comfortable place in society is built on poverty and the exploitation of millions of workers, both abroad and in your country. Second, that the rapacious nature of capitalism will devour the abundant resources and conditions that make your lifestyle possible, eroding your access to quality consumer products, comfortable employment, and the benefits of a just and functioning society.
Colton Bell
You're not wrong. I'm all for communism, but since no ethical consumption exists under capitalism, might as well not pretend like you aren't part of it.
Liam Rodriguez
It depends on what you mean by worse. I like being able to find grills to fuck online and a lot of other technology is pretty cool. But if you mean capitalism spinning out of control yeah, that's only gonna get worse till it's overthrown.
Brandon Watson
Now we wait:
boards.4chan.org
Julian Allen
...
Anthony Watson
Well that went even more autistic then I thought it would have.
Jackson Thomas
no
Cooper Sanchez
Oh man this fucking thread.
Ayden Martinez
not even gonna respond to this seriously
'dude technology lmao' totally makes up for crippling unemployment and financial insecurity
Carter Long
You're one retarded canuck
Carson Brown
OP why did you make that cancer?
Leo Johnson
Porky detected.
Jeremiah Bailey
Well that was a waste of 2 hours. It's a bit surreal to talk to people who actually unironically think capitalism is infallible.
Kek
Anthony Barnes
Never said it does, or even has.
Just saying that overall, in my country, life has notably improved through technology and progress.