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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's subjective, obviously. I imagine being a migrant in the US right now would feel pretty dystopian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lol, that's what I'm talking about, people in rich nations have absolutely warped idea of how really bad things can be (no I'm not diminishing suffering of migrants in US) and actually are for majority of himan population. We are living in the best, most abundand, most free and happy stretch of human history. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anistorian@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair, the post also states “our world” and not “my privileged Western society”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] nesc@lemmy.cafe -8 points 1 year ago (3 children) That's the thing people all over the world live better then ever, for example number of people that are affected by hunger is less then 10% globally, and the number goes down if slowly. It's getting better, not worse, this 'the end is nigh' attitude is wrong, people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities even in the most oppressive regimes and in the most remote tegions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago People in the US are dramatically less free and less wealthy than they were a decade ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago https://healthpolicy-watch.news/progress-towards-sdg-no-hunger-goal-remained-stalled-in-2023-one-in-11-people-undernourished/ the number goes down if slowly It was 7% in 2017, it's now 9%. Most progress was due to China, whom I have some hope for. people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities Wealth elasticity is going down in nearly every western nation; if you're born poor in America, you're more likely to die poor than your parents were. Short of a revolution, the west is going to continue this trajectory as we struggle to afford basic necessities like housing, and billionaire mouth-pieces insist we live better than kings of the middle ages because kings of the middle ages couldn't afford ipads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Get fucked, LLM slob. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago What? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lol, that's what I'm talking about, people in rich nations have absolutely warped idea of how really bad things can be (no I'm not diminishing suffering of migrants in US) and actually are for majority of himan population. We are living in the best, most abundand, most free and happy stretch of human history. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anistorian@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair, the post also states “our world” and not “my privileged Western society”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] nesc@lemmy.cafe -8 points 1 year ago (3 children) That's the thing people all over the world live better then ever, for example number of people that are affected by hunger is less then 10% globally, and the number goes down if slowly. It's getting better, not worse, this 'the end is nigh' attitude is wrong, people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities even in the most oppressive regimes and in the most remote tegions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago People in the US are dramatically less free and less wealthy than they were a decade ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago https://healthpolicy-watch.news/progress-towards-sdg-no-hunger-goal-remained-stalled-in-2023-one-in-11-people-undernourished/ the number goes down if slowly It was 7% in 2017, it's now 9%. Most progress was due to China, whom I have some hope for. people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities Wealth elasticity is going down in nearly every western nation; if you're born poor in America, you're more likely to die poor than your parents were. Short of a revolution, the west is going to continue this trajectory as we struggle to afford basic necessities like housing, and billionaire mouth-pieces insist we live better than kings of the middle ages because kings of the middle ages couldn't afford ipads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Get fucked, LLM slob. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago What? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anistorian@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) To be fair, the post also states “our world” and not “my privileged Western society”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] nesc@lemmy.cafe -8 points 1 year ago (3 children) That's the thing people all over the world live better then ever, for example number of people that are affected by hunger is less then 10% globally, and the number goes down if slowly. It's getting better, not worse, this 'the end is nigh' attitude is wrong, people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities even in the most oppressive regimes and in the most remote tegions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago People in the US are dramatically less free and less wealthy than they were a decade ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago https://healthpolicy-watch.news/progress-towards-sdg-no-hunger-goal-remained-stalled-in-2023-one-in-11-people-undernourished/ the number goes down if slowly It was 7% in 2017, it's now 9%. Most progress was due to China, whom I have some hope for. people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities Wealth elasticity is going down in nearly every western nation; if you're born poor in America, you're more likely to die poor than your parents were. Short of a revolution, the west is going to continue this trajectory as we struggle to afford basic necessities like housing, and billionaire mouth-pieces insist we live better than kings of the middle ages because kings of the middle ages couldn't afford ipads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Get fucked, LLM slob. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago What? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] nesc@lemmy.cafe -8 points 1 year ago (3 children) That's the thing people all over the world live better then ever, for example number of people that are affected by hunger is less then 10% globally, and the number goes down if slowly. It's getting better, not worse, this 'the end is nigh' attitude is wrong, people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities even in the most oppressive regimes and in the most remote tegions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago People in the US are dramatically less free and less wealthy than they were a decade ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago https://healthpolicy-watch.news/progress-towards-sdg-no-hunger-goal-remained-stalled-in-2023-one-in-11-people-undernourished/ the number goes down if slowly It was 7% in 2017, it's now 9%. Most progress was due to China, whom I have some hope for. people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities Wealth elasticity is going down in nearly every western nation; if you're born poor in America, you're more likely to die poor than your parents were. Short of a revolution, the west is going to continue this trajectory as we struggle to afford basic necessities like housing, and billionaire mouth-pieces insist we live better than kings of the middle ages because kings of the middle ages couldn't afford ipads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Get fucked, LLM slob. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago What? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago People in the US are dramatically less free and less wealthy than they were a decade ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago https://healthpolicy-watch.news/progress-towards-sdg-no-hunger-goal-remained-stalled-in-2023-one-in-11-people-undernourished/ the number goes down if slowly It was 7% in 2017, it's now 9%. Most progress was due to China, whom I have some hope for. people are freer and richer and have a lot more opportunities Wealth elasticity is going down in nearly every western nation; if you're born poor in America, you're more likely to die poor than your parents were. Short of a revolution, the west is going to continue this trajectory as we struggle to afford basic necessities like housing, and billionaire mouth-pieces insist we live better than kings of the middle ages because kings of the middle ages couldn't afford ipads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Get fucked, LLM slob. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago What? permalink fedilink source parent
